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Xece comments on High School Lecture - Report - Less Wrong Discussion

19 Post author: Xece 23 September 2012 02:06AM

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Comment author: Xece 23 September 2012 06:08:05PM 0 points [-]

They just accepted the "god" used to phrase the problem as a perfect predictor. Most of the debate/discussion was centred around the fact whether or not it was more "logical" to choose both boxes (no debate on its definition, thankfully). The one-boxer's main argument was that given the god is a perfect predictor, the best choice was to one-box, as it would be impossible for two-boxing to yield $1,001,000.

Comment author: shminux 23 September 2012 06:18:33PM 2 points [-]

The one-boxer's main argument was that given the god is a perfect predictor, the best choice was to one-box, as it would be impossible for two-boxing to yield $1,001,000.

"But the million is either there or not, might as well go for it!" -- how do you reconcile this with the "impossible for two-boxing to yield $1,001,000" without discussing free will?

Comment author: Xece 23 September 2012 07:03:54PM 1 point [-]

To be honest, I didn't. I let them talk it out and the issue of free will never came up.