adam_strandberg comments on Newcomblike problems are the norm - Less Wrong

39 Post author: So8res 24 September 2014 06:41PM

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Comment author: adam_strandberg 25 September 2014 04:50:07PM 3 points [-]

Yes, thank you for writing this- I've been meaning to write something like it for a while and now I don't need to! I initially brushed Newcomb's Paradox off as an edge case and it took me much longer than I would have liked to realize how universal it was. A discussion of this type should be included with every introduction to the problem to prevent people from treating it as just some pointless philosophical thought experiment.