My Answer to Newcomb’s Paradox
By well-wisher
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Wikipedia page explaining Newcomb’s Paradox:
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Newcomb's_paradox?o=2802&qsrc=999&ad=doubleDown&an=apn&ap=ask.com
My answer to the problem:
Switch round the labels of the boxes so that Box B is now the transparent box and Box A is the Opaque Box
Now, if the Predictor predicted you would take A and B and you do take A and B then, because B is now the transparent box, B should be visibly empty while A should contain the 1000 pounds.
If the Predictor predicted you would take B only and you take A and B then the transparent box B should have 1,000,000 pounds in it.
If the predictor predicted you would take B only and you take B only then the transparent box B should have 1,000,000 pounds in it.
If the transparent box has a 1000 pounds in it then this means that the predictor didn’t predict that you would swap the labels round which means that his powers of prediction aren’t good and that means that regardless of whether you pick the transparent box and the opaque box or the opaque box only, the opaque box may still be empty so you would be better off, in that scenario, picking both A and B.
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