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Newcomb's Paradox Needs a Demon


paradox needs a demon by Sam Estep, 2026-03-09 Today Veritasium published a video about Newcomb's paradox: you walk into a room with one transparent box containing $1000, and one opaque box. You're allowed to either take both boxes or just take the opaque box.

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