players, one of whom is able to predict the future. Newcomb's paradox was created by William Newcomb of the University of California's Lawrence Livermore...
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impossibility. Temporal paradoxes fall into three broad groups: bootstrap paradoxes, consistency paradoxes, and Newcomb's paradox. Bootstrap paradoxes violate causality...
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Roko's basilisk (category Eponymous paradoxes)
counterpart, Roko's basilisk has been widely criticized. Newcomb's paradox, created by physicist William Newcomb in 1960, describes a "predictor" who is aware of...
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minesweeper Newcomb Pottery, a brand of American Art Nouveau pottery Newcomb ball, a ball game that is a variation of volleyball Newcomb's paradox, thought...
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Functional Decision Theory (section Newcomb's Paradox)
counterfactual reasoning is proven correct, according to Yudkowsky. In Newcomb's Paradox, an agent finds herself standing in front of a transparent box labeled...
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known as the creator of Newcomb's paradox, devised in 1960. He was the great-grandnephew of the astronomer Simon Newcomb. Newcomb started at the Lawrence...
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Evidential decision theory (section Newcomb's paradox)
thought experiments. For example, EDT prescribes taking only one box in Newcomb's paradox, while CDT recommends taking both boxes.: 22–26 In a 1976 paper,...
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Kavka's toxin puzzle (category Decision-making paradoxes)
change his decision afterwards, of free will. Similarly in line with Newcomb's paradox; Kavka's claim, that one cannot intend what one will not do, makes...
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Benford's law (redirect from Tabulation paradox)
astronomer Simon Newcomb noticed that in logarithm tables the earlier pages (that started with 1) were much more worn than the other pages. Newcomb's published...
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believe that it is." Newcomb's paradox: A paradoxical game between two players, one of whom can predict the actions of the other. Paradox of nihilism: Several...
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Two envelopes problem (redirect from Envelope paradox)
probability Bertrand's paradox Boy or Girl paradox Decision theory Monty Hall problem Necktie paradox Newcomb's paradox Siegel's paradox Sleeping Beauty problem...
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Bayesian probability Bertrand paradox Decision theory Dutch book Monty Hall problem Newcomb's paradox St. Petersburg paradox Brown, Aaron C. (1995). "Neckties...
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Causal decision theory (section Newcomb's paradox)
their recommendations for action in different thought experiments. In Newcomb's paradox, there is a predictor, a player, and two boxes designated A and B...
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A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. It is a statement that, despite apparently...
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Time travel in fiction (redirect from List of films containing a predestination-grandfather paradox)
truly is, may lead to causal loops, one form of which is explored in Newcomb's paradox. The film 12 Monkeys heavily deals with themes of predestination and...
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would have more or all of the available resources directed to it. Newcomb's paradox supposes a being who is believed to be capable of predicting human...
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Quantum game theory (section Paradoxes)
Quantum game theory also offers a solution to Newcomb's Paradox. Take the two boxes offered in Newcomb's game to be coupled, as the contents of box 2 depend...
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argument: a similar problem that raises intense philosophical debate Newcomb's paradox Unsolved problems in statistics Additive smoothing (also called Laplace...
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arising from infallibility and influencing the future are explored in Newcomb's paradox. A notable fictional example of a self-fulfilling prophecy occurs...
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American professor and theoretical physicist who devised Newcomb's paradox Wesley Newcomb (1818–1892), American malacologist (studier of mollusks) Newcombe...
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Macroeconomic model McNamara fallacy Methodological individualism Newcomb's paradox Policy-ineffectiveness proposition Problem of induction Rational expectations...
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how free will relates to the issues Black raised is summarized by Newcomb's paradox. Essentialist philosophers have proposed other theories, such as the...
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Functional decision theory Game theory Multi-criteria decision making Newcomb's paradox Operations research Optimal decision Preference (economics) Prospect...
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Libet Free will theorem Ilya Prigogine Many-worlds interpretation Newcomb's paradox Philosophical zombie Stochastic Voluntarism Strawson, Galen (1998...
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between x j {\displaystyle x_{j}} and y {\displaystyle y} via Berkson's paradox. Apart from constructing statistical models of observational and experimental...
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2011 at the Wayback Machine Irvine, A. D. (1993). "How Braess' paradox solves Newcomb's problem". International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. 7...
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(admittedly, this oscillated between empirical and a-priori assessment) Newcomb's paradox Original position (politics) Philosophical zombie (philosophy of mind...
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probability, she has also studied decision theory in connection with Newcomb's paradox, investigated how gender stereotyping can block human problem-solving...
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Jacobs, and attended Monroe's funeral on August 8. Throughout the years, Newcomb's work for the Kennedys and silence on Monroe's death have led to conspiracy...
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1967) Conway's Game of Life (Oct 1970) Intransitive dice (Dec 1970) Newcomb's paradox (Jul 1973) Tangrams (Aug 1974) Penrose tilings (Jan 1977) Public-key...
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