Yeah, that’s generally what “I guess my cognition breaks down” means.
If you wish to consider the effect of just, say, the mass of a cow then assuming a spherical cow in a vacuum is useful. If the conclusion you reach about the mass of said cow doesn’t suit you and you say “but there are no spherical cows in vacuums!”
I think you can reasonably expect people to behave in real life as if they expect the laws of physics to approximate reasonably closely what newtonian mechanics predicts about spherical point masses. What I was saying, however, is that you would be wrong to predict that I defect in prisoners’ dilemmas based on my 2-boxing, because for me Newcomb’s problem isn’t connected to those problems for reasons already stated. I hypothesize that I am not alone in that.
What I was saying, however, is that you would be wrong to predict that I defect in prisoners’ dilemmas based on my 2-boxing, because for me Newcomb’s problem isn’t connected to those problems for reasons already stated. I hypothesize that I am not alone in that.
And I said you are confused regarding this belief and the stated reasons. I don’t doubt that others are confused as well—it’s a rather common response.
Yeah, that’s generally what “I guess my cognition breaks down” means.
I think you can reasonably expect people to behave in real life as if they expect the laws of physics to approximate reasonably closely what newtonian mechanics predicts about spherical point masses. What I was saying, however, is that you would be wrong to predict that I defect in prisoners’ dilemmas based on my 2-boxing, because for me Newcomb’s problem isn’t connected to those problems for reasons already stated. I hypothesize that I am not alone in that.
And I said you are confused regarding this belief and the stated reasons. I don’t doubt that others are confused as well—it’s a rather common response.