Omega, a superintelligent being, has placed $1,000 in a clear glass box in a room which you cannot see into but are about to enter. He has also placed $1,000,000 in a second clear glass box next to it if and only if he predicts that you will take only the second box.
Two-boxing proponents are poorer in this scenario. Why would you decide to do something that would cause you not to get money?
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how so? if you take both boxes you get $1,001,000 versus $1M for one-box what am i missing
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yeah same, the scenario seemed to be missing an important detail, like you can’t possibly trust Omega because he’s a lying bastard or something
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