Yes, thank you for writing this- I’ve been meaning to write something like it for a while and now I don’t need to! I initially brushed Newcomb’s Paradox off as an edge case and it took me much longer than I would have liked to realize how universal it was. A discussion of this type should be included with every introduction to the problem to prevent people from treating it as just some pointless philosophical thought experiment.
Yes, thank you for writing this- I’ve been meaning to write something like it for a while and now I don’t need to! I initially brushed Newcomb’s Paradox off as an edge case and it took me much longer than I would have liked to realize how universal it was. A discussion of this type should be included with every introduction to the problem to prevent people from treating it as just some pointless philosophical thought experiment.