If the simulated me takes two boxes (for $200), before being deleted then Omega will (for the real trial with the real me) put $0 in each box. This is why Omega is doing the simulation in the first place, to work out what I will do so they can fill the boxes correctly. So the real me gets nothing if the simulated me gets $200. This was my logic.
What! I had the whole thing back to front. In that case you are completely correct and you obviously always two box.
I should have read more carefully. Still I would have preferred the presentation highlighted explicitly that it is the opposite way around than anyone would assume.
Re-reading the initial post, and especially the answer it gives, I am still not sure which problem was intended. The model solution offered seems to only make sense in the setup I thought we had. (Otherwise seeing $100 with an intent to take two boxes would not make us update towards thinking we were simulated).
Wait, why does the real you get nothing? It’s specified you get $200. What am I missing?
If the simulated me takes two boxes (for $200), before being deleted then Omega will (for the real trial with the real me) put $0 in each box. This is why Omega is doing the simulation in the first place, to work out what I will do so they can fill the boxes correctly. So the real me gets nothing if the simulated me gets $200. This was my logic.
Why would Omega put $0 in the second box? The problem statement specifies Omega puts $100 in both boxes if she predicts you will two-box!
What! I had the whole thing back to front. In that case you are completely correct and you obviously always two box.
I should have read more carefully. Still I would have preferred the presentation highlighted explicitly that it is the opposite way around than anyone would assume.
Re-reading the initial post, and especially the answer it gives, I am still not sure which problem was intended. The model solution offered seems to only make sense in the setup I thought we had. (Otherwise seeing $100 with an intent to take two boxes would not make us update towards thinking we were simulated).
Note to future readers: This thread was in response to my original post, in which I mistakenly switched the $0 and $100.
I also wonder whether a different problem was intended.