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A Problem You'll Never Solve
- Published_at:2019-02-25
- Category:Education
- Channel:Vsauce2
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- description: Curiosity Box: https://www.curiositybox.com MrBeast’s $1,000,000 Dilemma: https://youtu.be/NkYCWqzBc7M Newcomb’s Paradox has confounded philosophers, mathematicians, and game players for over 50 years. The problem is simple: You can take Box A, which contains $1,000, *and* Box B, which contains either $0 or $1,000,000, or you can just take Box B. The right choice seems obvious -- but there’s a catch. Before you play, an omniscient being has predicted whether you’d take both Box A and Box B or *only* Box B. If he’s predicted that you’ll take both, he’s put $0 in Box B. If he predicts that you’ll only take Box B, he’s put $1,000,000 inside. So… what do you do? I explore the two approaches to this problem, one based on the math of expected utility and the other based on a logical dominance principle. Newcomb’s Paradox raises questions about free will and determinism as it explores whether a problem with no solution might be easier than a problem with two perfectly valid contradictory solutions. *** SOURCES *** “Newcomb's Problem And Two Principles Of Choice,” by Robert Nozick http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/rjohns/nozick_newcomb.pdf Newcomb’s Paradox poll results from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/2016/nov/30/newcombs-problem-which-side-won-the-guardians-philosophy-poll *** LINKS *** Grandayy Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/grandayy Twitter: https://twitter.com/grandayy Vsauce2 Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/VsauceTwo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VsauceTwo Hosted, Produced, And Edited by Kevin Lieber Instagram: http://instagram.com/kevlieber Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevleeb Research And Writing by Matthew Tabor https://twitter.com/matthewktabor Huge Thanks To Paula Lieber https://www.etsy.com/shop/Craftality Get Vsauce's favorite science and math toys delivered to your door! https://www.curiositybox.com/ Select Music By Jake Chudnow: http://www.youtube.com/user/JakeChudnow MY PODCAST -- THE CREATE UNKNOWN https://www.youtube.com/thecreateunknown
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