Perhaps there’s something fundamental I’m missing here, but the linearity of events seems pretty clear. If Omega really did calculate that I would give him the $100 then either he miscalculated, or this situation cannot actually occur.
That’s absolutely true. In exactly the same way, if the Omega really did calculate that I wouldn’t give him the $100 then either he miscalculated, or this situation cannot actually occur.
The difference between your counterfactual instance and my counterfactual instance is that yours just has a weird guy hassling you with deal you want to reject while my counterfactual is logically inconsistent for all values of ‘me’ that I identify as ‘me’.
So, if this scenario is logically inconsistent for all values of ‘me’ then there really is nothing that I can learn about ‘me’ from this problem. I wish I hadn’t thought about it so hard.
Logically inconsistent for all values of ″ that would hand over the $100. For all values of ″ that would keep the $100 it is logically consistent but rather obfuscated. It is difficult to answer a multiple choice question when considering the correct answer throws null.
That’s absolutely true. In exactly the same way, if the Omega really did calculate that I wouldn’t give him the $100 then either he miscalculated, or this situation cannot actually occur.
The difference between your counterfactual instance and my counterfactual instance is that yours just has a weird guy hassling you with deal you want to reject while my counterfactual is logically inconsistent for all values of ‘me’ that I identify as ‘me’.
Thank you. Now I grok.
So, if this scenario is logically inconsistent for all values of ‘me’ then there really is nothing that I can learn about ‘me’ from this problem. I wish I hadn’t thought about it so hard.
Logically inconsistent for all values of ″ that would hand over the $100. For all values of ″ that would keep the $100 it is logically consistent but rather obfuscated. It is difficult to answer a multiple choice question when considering the correct answer throws null.