nshepperd comments on Causal decision theory is unsatisfactory - LessWrong

20 Post author: So8res 13 September 2014 05:05PM

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Comment author: nshepperd 13 September 2014 11:24:05PM 1 point [-]

Note that both CDT and EDT have the different problem that they fail on the Transparent Newcomb's problem, due to updating on their observations. This is sort of the converse problem to the one described in the post - falsely eliminating seemingly impossible outcomes that are actually reachable depending on your strategy.