From 2f34aff5dca8e59c2754626e97f2460223a635a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: osmarks Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 20:00:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Edit=20=E2=80=98decision=5Ftheory/newcombs=5Fpa?= =?UTF-8?q?radox=E2=80=99?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- decision_theory/newcombs_paradox.myco | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) create mode 100644 decision_theory/newcombs_paradox.myco diff --git a/decision_theory/newcombs_paradox.myco b/decision_theory/newcombs_paradox.myco new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c844b03 --- /dev/null +++ b/decision_theory/newcombs_paradox.myco @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +Imagine [[Omega]], a perfectly honest being which is also known to be a historically very accurate predictor of people's actions in this situation, sets up two boxes containing things, and gives you a choice between taking **box A and B** and **box B** alone. + +Box A contains $10000, an amount of money. It's transparent, so you can see that it contains this. Box B is opaque, but you are told (by Omega, who is perfectly honest) that it contains $1000000, a larger amount of money, **[[iff]]** it predicted that you would take **only** box B. \ No newline at end of file