dankane comments on Causal decision theory is unsatisfactory - Less Wrong

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Comment author: dankane 16 September 2014 07:08:38PM 0 points [-]

The fact that Newcomblike problems are fairly common in the real world is one facet of that motivation.

I disagree. CDT correctly solves all problems in which other agents cannot read your mind. Real world occurrences of mind reading are actually uncommon.