SilentCal comments on Chocolate Ice Cream After All? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SilentCal 11 December 2013 12:36:33AM 2 points [-]

Thank you for simply illustrating how easily the assumption of accurate predictions can contradict the assumption that we can choose our decision algorithm.

I would steelman the OP by saying that you should precommit to the above strategy if for some reason you want to avoid playing this version of Newcomb's problem, since this attitude guarantees that you won't.