Slackson comments on Open Thread, September 30 - October 6, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Slackson 01 October 2013 09:28:58PM 7 points [-]

Yes, it's a Newcomb-like problem. Anything where one agent predicts another is. People predict other people, with varying degrees of success, in the real world. Ignoring that when looking at decision theories seems silly to me.