drethelin comments on Why do theists, undergrads, and Less Wrongers favor one-boxing on Newcomb? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: drethelin 19 June 2013 08:30:50AM 1 point [-]

The problem of cooperation and simulation is one that happens in reality, right now, even though simulation accuracy is far far lower. The problem of Omega is a reductio of this but I think it's plausible that entities can approach omega-level abilities of prediction even if they'll never actually get that accurate.