I’m a bit nervous, this is my first comment here, and I feel quite out of my league.
Regarding the “free will” aspect, can one game the system? My rational choice would be to sit right there, arms crossed, and choose no box. Instead, having thus disproved Omega’s infallibility, I’d wait for Omega to come back around, and try to weasel some knowledge out of her.
Rationally, the intelligence that could model mine and predict my likely action (yet fail to predict my inaction enough to not bother with me in the first place), is an intelligence I’d like to have a chat with. That chat would be likely to have tremendously more utility for me than $1,000,000.
Is that a valid choice? Does it disprove Omega’s infallibility? Is it a rational choice?
If messing with the question is not a constructive addition to the debate, accept my apologies, and flame me lightly, please.
Hi. This is a rather old post, so you might not get too many replies.
Newcomb’s problem often comes with the caveat that, if Omega thinks you’re going to game the system, it will leave you with only the $1,000. But yes, we like clever answers here, although we also like to consider, for the purposes of thought experiments, the least convenient possible world in which the loopholes we find have been closed.
I’m a bit nervous, this is my first comment here, and I feel quite out of my league.
Regarding the “free will” aspect, can one game the system? My rational choice would be to sit right there, arms crossed, and choose no box. Instead, having thus disproved Omega’s infallibility, I’d wait for Omega to come back around, and try to weasel some knowledge out of her.
Rationally, the intelligence that could model mine and predict my likely action (yet fail to predict my inaction enough to not bother with me in the first place), is an intelligence I’d like to have a chat with. That chat would be likely to have tremendously more utility for me than $1,000,000.
Is that a valid choice? Does it disprove Omega’s infallibility? Is it a rational choice?
If messing with the question is not a constructive addition to the debate, accept my apologies, and flame me lightly, please.
Hi. This is a rather old post, so you might not get too many replies.
Newcomb’s problem often comes with the caveat that, if Omega thinks you’re going to game the system, it will leave you with only the $1,000. But yes, we like clever answers here, although we also like to consider, for the purposes of thought experiments, the least convenient possible world in which the loopholes we find have been closed.
Also, may I suggest visiting the welcome thread?