Ep. 91 | Newcomb's Paradox Has a Correct Answer
From Mental Reps by PowerFish
May 4, 2026 · 1h 13m · Season 1 · Episode 91
About this episode
The episode discusses various thought experiments including Newcomb's paradox and the birthday paradox.
Today we discussed thought experiments like Newcomb's paradox, the birthday paradox and the wason selection task. Timestamps: 0:00-Intro 0:51-The Wason Selection Task 17:23-Number Rules 22:13-BURGER AND FRIES 26:59-The Birthday Paradox 40:23-The Linda Problem 44:44-Newcombs Paradox
Topics covered
- thought experiments
- Newcomb's paradox
- Wason selection task
- birthday paradox
- Linda Problem
Keywords
- Newcomb's paradox
- thought experiments
- Wason selection task
- birthday paradox
- Linda Problem
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Newcomb's Paradox, the birthday paradox, the Wason selection task, the Linda Problem, Number Rules, BURGER AND FRIES
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