So if you found yourself in the unlikely scenario of a regular Newcomb’s Problem, you have an answer for it; but if you found yourself in the unlikely scenario of this problem, you wouldn’t feel obliged to be able to answer it?
yeah, sorry. I realized that even though the first sentence on its own was a simple true statement, it might connotate that I thought that everyone who was taking it seriously was being silly when I really just meant to innocently point out some evidence that aligned with summerstay’s opinion that it might be parody (or serious-but-parody-mimicking, or something). So I added a second sentence to disassociate myself from the connotation that might otherwise be inferred.
Yes, that’s what I’m saying. The other ones are meant to prove a point. This one is just to make you laugh, just like the one it is named after. http://www.mindspring.com/~mfpatton/Tissues.htm
So if you found yourself in the unlikely scenario of a regular Newcomb’s Problem, you have an answer for it; but if you found yourself in the unlikely scenario of this problem, you wouldn’t feel obliged to be able to answer it?
Well… the linked Ultimate Trolley problem is a parody.I
f this is a parody, it’s evidently interesting enough to think about anyway.
Can you explain why Eliezer’s motives for writing it should limit what anyone else chooses to do with it?
ETA: Parent edited. This now makes less sense as a response.
yeah, sorry. I realized that even though the first sentence on its own was a simple true statement, it might connotate that I thought that everyone who was taking it seriously was being silly when I really just meant to innocently point out some evidence that aligned with summerstay’s opinion that it might be parody (or serious-but-parody-mimicking, or something). So I added a second sentence to disassociate myself from the connotation that might otherwise be inferred.