Maybe the right thing to do is to mix and match different presentations of the problem? I.e. one person might be all like “huh??” or “this is stupid” whenever Newcomb’s problem is discussed, but be like “oh NOW I get it” when it’s presented in terms of AI and source code. Somebody else might be the opposite.
Most people are much more easily misled via verbal descriptions.
Maybe the right thing to do is to mix and match different presentations of the problem? I.e. one person might be all like “huh??” or “this is stupid” whenever Newcomb’s problem is discussed, but be like “oh NOW I get it” when it’s presented in terms of AI and source code. Somebody else might be the opposite.