What does Newcomb's paradox teach us?

2 00 9 What does Newcomb ’ s paradox teach us ?

Newcomb's paradox highlights an apparent conflict involving the axioms of game theory. It concerns a game in which you choose to take either one or both of two closed boxes. However before you choose, a prediction algorithm deduces your choice, and fills the two boxes based on that deduction. The paradox is that game theory appears to provide two conflicting recommendations for what choice you ...

The lesson of Newcomb's paradox

In Newcomb’s paradox you can choose to receive either the contents of a particular closed box, or the contents of both that closed box and another one. Before you choose though, an antagonist uses a prediction algorithm to accurately deduce your choice, and uses that deduction to fill the two boxes in a way that lessens the value of your choice. Newcomb’s paradox is that game theory’s expected ...

Real-world implementation of Newcomb's thought experiment, using mouse-tracking techniques

Newcomb’s paradox is a famous thought experiment in the field of decision theory. There are two paradoxical, yet “rational”, strategies to approach this decision-making problem. We addressed this debate by testing the paradox in a real world experiment. Analyzing participants’ mouse movements allowed us to reveal the internal cognitive dynamics of their thought process during the task explanati...

Important Topics on Contemporary Total knee Arthroplasty: what Does Recent Literature Say?

In this Editorial I want to comment on eight recent articles that can help us to better understand still controversial matters related to total knee arthroplasty (TKA). In this Editorial I want to comment on eight recent articles that can help us to better understand still controversial matters related to total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

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