Aduke.2085
net.math
utzoo!decvax!harpo!duke!cjp
Thu Apr 22 22:30:57 1982
Re: lime.226: Newcomb Yet Again

As I said in my little discussion of Newcomb's Paradox, the
admission of any outside influence to the person choosing boxes
invalidates the claim that the interviewer *can* predict what
you are going to do.  X-Ray Willie is such an outside influence.
The interviewer could not (and in general, *can not*) know
about all such Willies you might run into in the next week.
So Newcomb lied when he proposed his setup, and indeed is probably
still laughing at us.
		Charles Poirier