Why was this post voted back down to 0 after having been at 2?
Newcomb-like problems are on-topic for this site and I would think having examples of such problems in a scenario not specifically constructed for them is a good thing? If it was because time travel is off topic wouldn’t the more prudent thing have been voting down the parent? The same if the time travel mechanics are considered incoherent (though I’d be really interested in learning why?) . If you think this post doesn’t actually describe anything Newcomb-like I would like to know why. Maybe I misunderstood the point of earlier examples here, or maybe I didn’t explain things sufficiently? Or is it just that the post was written badly? I’m not really happy with it, but I don’t see how I could have made it much clearer.
It’s an interesting point. It actually came up in the most recent Artemis Fowl novel, when he managed to ‘precommit’ himself out of a locked trunk in a car. :)
Why was this post voted back down to 0 after having been at 2? Newcomb-like problems are on-topic for this site and I would think having examples of such problems in a scenario not specifically constructed for them is a good thing? If it was because time travel is off topic wouldn’t the more prudent thing have been voting down the parent? The same if the time travel mechanics are considered incoherent (though I’d be really interested in learning why?) . If you think this post doesn’t actually describe anything Newcomb-like I would like to know why. Maybe I misunderstood the point of earlier examples here, or maybe I didn’t explain things sufficiently? Or is it just that the post was written badly? I’m not really happy with it, but I don’t see how I could have made it much clearer.
It’s an interesting point. It actually came up in the most recent Artemis Fowl novel, when he managed to ‘precommit’ himself out of a locked trunk in a car. :)