Comment on Random Choice in Newcomb's Paradox
howrar@lemmy.ca 4 days agoThis is a hypothetical where a human beings actions can all be predicted with high accuracy. Your actions are constantly being influenced by the inputs you receive, so in order to predict your behavior, you’d also need to predict everything you’re going to be experiencing. This necessarily includes the results of that coin flip and the Geiger counter readings.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The OP said he flips the coin after going into the room. But the computer setup the boxes before they entered. So the computer knowing how you’d react to the coin flip can’t change the boxes.
howrar@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
I don’t know what you’re getting at. Did I say something to suggest I misunderstood this part?
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You said this:
“This necessarily includes the results of that coin flip and the Geiger counter readings.”
The premise states the computer sets up the boxes BEFORE you enter the room. The OP states he flips the coin AFTER he enters the room.
The computer cannot change the boxes after he entered the room.
howrar@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
And you’re saying that those two things are somehow contradictory? Because if so, I don’t see how. If this super intelligent computer knows how you’re going to choose ahead of time, then it must also know how the coin is going to land ahead of time.