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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 01 May 2013 04:01:38PM 7 points [-]

Philosophers working in decision theory are drastically worse at Newcomb

Listen, this is like someone who believes the Axiom of Choice saying "constructivist mathematicians are drastically worse at set theory" (because they reject Choice). Newcomb is all about how you view free will. This is not a settled question yet.

Comment author: Juno_Watt 01 May 2013 04:51:05PM -1 points [-]

Upvoted for understatement.

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