Ab­sent-Minded Driver

The absent-minded driver is a problem for testing decision theories which shows a time inconsistency in classical ways of considering optimal decisions. It is entirely described in the eponymous blog post.

Blog posts

The Absent-Minded Driver

See also

• Decision theory

• Newcomb’s problem

• Counterfactual mugging

• Parfit’s hitchhiker

• Smoker’s lesion

• Sleeping Beauty problem

• Prisoner’s dilemma

• Pascal’s mugging