I really with they hadn’t given an “Other” option to those questions (there are plenty of questions where having an “other” option makes sense; but this isn’t one—when you’re faced with the problem, either you take one box or take them both).
You could believe the problem isn’t well-formed. I think the game theorist Ken Binmore believes this. Or you could believe the problem is underspecified and that adding details (e.g. how Omega comes up with the prediction) could affect whether one-boxing or two-boxing is appropriate.
Or you walk away and choose neither… Refusing to choose is itself a choice. (Although in this case, it is a choice which everyone agrees is strictly worse than the other two.)
I really with they hadn’t given an “Other” option to those questions (there are plenty of questions where having an “other” option makes sense; but this isn’t one—when you’re faced with the problem, either you take one box or take them both).
You could believe the problem isn’t well-formed. I think the game theorist Ken Binmore believes this. Or you could believe the problem is underspecified and that adding details (e.g. how Omega comes up with the prediction) could affect whether one-boxing or two-boxing is appropriate.
Or you walk away and choose neither… Refusing to choose is itself a choice. (Although in this case, it is a choice which everyone agrees is strictly worse than the other two.)
I’ve had people choose only Box A because “screw you, that’s why.”