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From: stuart@rochester.UUCP (Stuart Friedberg)
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: Re: "Newcomb situation"
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Date: Mon, 31-Oct-83 20:33:56 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 31 20:33:56 1983
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Unless there is some penalty to making the ambitious choice, I'd
always take both boxes. I'm guaranteed the contents of the open
box and possibly another million dollars.

Perhaps you intended that the ambitious choice be *just* the closed
box? Or perhaps I have missed something basic about the problem?

				Stu Friedberg
				stuart@rochester
			{seismo, allegra}!rochester!stuart