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

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 20 June 2013 09:17:26PM *  0 points [-]

Saying you'll two-box does make it easier to predict...

Cue the slow clap on the people who say they'll two-box (of course they only say that since they discount the possibility that this will ever actually happen).

Comment author: Decius 21 June 2013 02:52:22AM 0 points [-]

Don't you believe us? I do discount the possibility that the impossible version will happen, but not the possibility that a near-analogue will happen. I withhold my judgement on near-analogues until and unless I have sufficient information to estimate the results.