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buybuydandavis comments on Why do theists, undergrads, and Less Wrongers favor one-boxing on Newcomb? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 20 June 2013 08:07:19AM 0 points [-]

Best analysis of Newcomb's Paradox I've seen so far - boring. There's nothing to see here. It all comes down to how you model the situation and what your priors are.

I find it hard to imagine a situation where I have more belief in the Predictor's ability than the ability of the Predictor to give false evidence that I can't figure out the trick of.

I'd two box because I see no reason to risk of losing anything. In the face of perceived trickery, I'm all the more betting on causality.