One flaw in the setup is that the person opposing you could generate a random sequence beforehand and simply follow that when choosing options in the “game.” I assume the offer to play the game is not still available and/or you would not knowingly choose to play it against someone using this strategy, but if you would I’ll take the $25.
The offer is still open, but the point is that it’s positive expected value for both me and a causal decision theorist when the CDT agent is making the choices themselves, which I believe implies irrationality on their part. I’m not interested in playing against someone who’s “cheating” by generating their sequence some other way, that defeats the point. :)
One flaw in the setup is that the person opposing you could generate a random sequence beforehand and simply follow that when choosing options in the “game.” I assume the offer to play the game is not still available and/or you would not knowingly choose to play it against someone using this strategy, but if you would I’ll take the $25.
The offer is still open, but the point is that it’s positive expected value for both me and a causal decision theorist when the CDT agent is making the choices themselves, which I believe implies irrationality on their part. I’m not interested in playing against someone who’s “cheating” by generating their sequence some other way, that defeats the point. :)