Sorry if this has already been addressed. I didn’t take the time to read all 300 comments.
It seems to me that if there were an omniscient Omega, the world would be deterministic, and you wouldn’t have free will. You have the illusion of choice, but your choice is already known by Omega. Hence, try (it’s futile) to make your illusory choice a one-boxer.
Personally, I don’t believe in determinism or the concept of Omega. This is a nice thought experiment though.
Sorry if this has already been addressed. I didn’t take the time to read all 300 comments.
It seems to me that if there were an omniscient Omega, the world would be deterministic, and you wouldn’t have free will. You have the illusion of choice, but your choice is already known by Omega. Hence, try (it’s futile) to make your illusory choice a one-boxer.
Personally, I don’t believe in determinism or the concept of Omega. This is a nice thought experiment though.
See http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Free_will
How does adding indeterminism help make the problem go away? If Omega only predicts correctly 99% of the time, what gets clarified?