We can proof by contradiction that if one agent is capable of predicting another agent, the other agent cannot in turn do the same.
I’m glad you responded to this as this stood out to me too.
Maybe quines can illustrate how there is no by-default infinite regress.
Quines only illustrate that there is no by-default infinite regress within the assumed system (here, a formal, deterministic string-rewriting game), which is built on assumptions themselves subject to the Munchhausen Trilemma.
I’m not trying to be pedantic here; I think it’s pretty important to consider the implications of this.
I’m glad you responded to this as this stood out to me too.
Quines only illustrate that there is no by-default infinite regress within the assumed system (here, a formal, deterministic string-rewriting game), which is built on assumptions themselves subject to the Munchhausen Trilemma.
I’m not trying to be pedantic here; I think it’s pretty important to consider the implications of this.