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

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 04 February 2011 10:28:19PM 0 points [-]

Ah, bugger. I've lost my link to Transparent Newcomb (TN).

Bongo linked to it in response to my question about it.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 04 February 2011 11:00:05PM *  2 points [-]

Wrong rules. Correct rules are as follows (named "Newcomb’s Problem with a Dual Simulation" in Drescher's book):

Omega fills the large transparent box with $1,000,000 iff it predicts that you, when faced with (1) full box, and (2) empty box, would in both cases one-box. If it predicts that there's a nontrivial chance that you'd two-box in either case, it leaves the transparent box empty.

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