Drescher coined the term “acausal” in the context of decision theory, in Good and Real. His arguments and ideas are remarkably similar to things Yudkowsky and others on LessWrong have said in the decade or so since. One of my side projects (which I keep putting off) is to explore his proposed decision theory (which differs from CDT and EDT and, notably, one-boxes even in Transparent Newcomb!) in more detail, to see how it compares to stuff LessWrong talks about.
Drescher coined the term “acausal” in the context of decision theory, in Good and Real. His arguments and ideas are remarkably similar to things Yudkowsky and others on LessWrong have said in the decade or so since. One of my side projects (which I keep putting off) is to explore his proposed decision theory (which differs from CDT and EDT and, notably, one-boxes even in Transparent Newcomb!) in more detail, to see how it compares to stuff LessWrong talks about.