Comment on Eliezer's Sequences and Mainstream Academia

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:15:14 GMT

A weak majority/strong plurality of relevant domain experts does not make the question decisively answered. I don't have survey data on this, but I'm pretty sure none of the compatibilists (even those who 'accept' it), take the question to be obviously answered etc. etc.

But more importantly: these people also seem to prefer to two-box in Newcomb's problem. So why should I put much weight in their opinion?

The majority of decision theory specialists two-box. I'm sure you can guess what I'm going to say about doman expertise and dunning-kruger effect here, too.

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