Vladimir_Nesov comments on You're in Newcomb's Box - LessWrong

40 Post author: HonoreDB 05 February 2011 08:46PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 04 February 2011 10:57:42PM *  0 points [-]

Incorrect rules. You don't need the "don't invite to his games" one, and you don't need randomization. Corrected here.

Comment author: Bongo 05 February 2011 06:14:43AM *  0 points [-]

Both rules work. In both games, one-boxing no matter what is the winning strategy.

I designed my rules have the feature that by one-boxing upon seeing an empty box B you visibly prove Omega wrong. In the version you linked to, you don't necessarily: maybe Omega left box B empty because you would have two-boxed if it was full.

So both problems can be reasonably called "Transparent Newcomb". The one you linked to was invented first and is simpler, though.