The Problem With Newcomb's Paradox

A response to Veritasium's video on Newcomb's Paradox. See my full followup conversation with Derek here on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/minutephysics-newcombs-paradox-full-conversation-derek-henry

See Derek's original video over on the Veritasium channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol18JoeXlVI

REFERENCES

• Newcomb's Paradox: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1466-2_7

• Quantum solution: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.quant-ph/0202074

• Quantum causality: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.031021

• https://www.pokutta.com/blog/newcomb-four-lenses/

• https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=30

• Veritasium video references

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