Oooh, between your description of CDT, and the recent post on how experts will defend their theory even against counterfactuals, I finally understand how someone can possibly justify two-boxing in Newcombe’s Problem. As an added bonus, I’m also seeing how being “half rational” can be intensely dangerous, since it leads to things like two-boxing in Newcombe’s Problem :)
Oooh, between your description of CDT, and the recent post on how experts will defend their theory even against counterfactuals, I finally understand how someone can possibly justify two-boxing in Newcombe’s Problem. As an added bonus, I’m also seeing how being “half rational” can be intensely dangerous, since it leads to things like two-boxing in Newcombe’s Problem :)