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What is this "Other" that's so popular that more than half of the people choose it?
I reported the "coarse" results which lumps together "don't know," "insufficiently familiar to answer," and several others. Here are the fine data for undergraduates:
Newcomb's problem: one box or two boxes?
Insufficiently familiar with the issue 114 / 217 (52.5%) Lean toward: one box 22 / 217 (10.1%) Accept: one box 18 / 217 (8.3%) Lean toward: two boxes 18 / 217 (8.3%) Accept: two boxes 17 / 217 (7.8%) Skip 13 / 217 (6.0%) Agnostic/undecided 9 / 217 (4.1%) There is no fact of the matter 2 / 217 (0.9%) Accept an intermediate view 2 / 217 (0.9%) Reject both 2 / 217 (0.9%)
It allows for brave rebellion against the establishment without the need to actually state what you're rebelling for.
No, it's mainly people who weren't familiar enough with the problem to have a view.
The most charitable interpretation for that would be ‘not sure’.