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Comment author: wedrifid 02 May 2013 01:31:22PM 2 points [-]

Two-boxers aren't (necessarily!) stupid, they simply adhere to commitments that make it possible to fool Omega.

No, they don't. You seem to be confused not just about Newcomb's Problem but also about why the (somewhat educated subset of) people who Two-Box make that choice. They emphatically do not do it because they believe they are able to fool Omega. They expect to lose (ie. not get the $1,000,000).