alexg comments on Newcomb's Problem and Regret of Rationality - Less Wrong
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I'm not sure if anyone's noticed this, but how do you know that you're not a simulation of yourself inside Omega? If he is superintelligent, he would compute your decision by simulating you, and you and your simulation will be indisinguishable.
This is fairly obviously a PD against said simulation -- if you cooperate in PD, you should one-box.
I personally am not sure, although if I had to decide I'd probably one-box