Over the weekend, I was thinking about the variant of Newcomb’s Paradox where both boxes are transparent. The one where, unless you precommit to taking a visibly empty box instead of both boxes, omega can self-consistently give you less money.
I was wondering if I could make this kind of “sacrifice yourself for yourself” situation happen without involving a predictor guessing your choice before you made it. Turns out you can.
[LINK] Counterfactual Strategies
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Counterintuitive Counterfactual Strategies
Overview:
Over the weekend, I was thinking about the variant of Newcomb’s Paradox where both boxes are transparent. The one where, unless you precommit to taking a visibly empty box instead of both boxes, omega can self-consistently give you less money.
I was wondering if I could make this kind of “sacrifice yourself for yourself” situation happen without involving a predictor guessing your choice before you made it. Turns out you can.