For this week's online activityI’d like you to think about a famous philosophical puzzle called Newcomb’s problem.While the prisoner's dilemma illustrates how critical thinking can lead to sub-optimal...

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For this week's online activityI’d like you to think about a famous philosophical puzzle called Newcomb’s problem.While the prisoner's dilemma illustrates how critical thinking can lead to sub-optimal outcomes,Newcomb'sproblem illustrates how critical thinking can be indeterminate. That is, as you'll see, there appear to be equally powerful arguments for opposite ways of responding to the problem.


The problem is set out in the following article:


https://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/2016/nov/28/newcombs-problem-divides-philosophers-which-side-are-you-on


After reading the article, please provide a ½ to 1 page write up explaining how you would respond to Newcomb’s problem – would you choose both boxes or just one box, and why?

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Bichitrananda answered on Oct 25 2021
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NEWCOMB’S PROBLEM
Based on the given set of conditions of Newcomb’s problem. I would choose box B.
The goal is to make the maximum money out of the choices that are $1 million or $10,000. The problem does, however, include the Superintelligent being that makes the decision of whether you are going to pick both boxes or only one box. Given the track record of the Superintelligent being of having zero wrong predictions, there is substantial evidence to...
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