Mini-Game This is not a Paradox

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  1. Zone Q11

    Zone Q11 『The Gas Mask』『Monochrome Plebeian』

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    No. You will still get the money from Box A.
     
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    Liyus Laksha's Desu~ Cat

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    Does opneing the box A influence the result of Box B? if not then this isn't even a paradox and simply open both...
     
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    SpearOfLies [Lucky Dad][Has a lovely daughter]

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    Did you understand the paradox?:blobneutral:
     
  4. Anra7777

    Anra7777 All powerful magic grammar hamster queen pirate.

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    I do not. There is nothing in the original post that suggests a paradox...
     
  5. AliceShiki

    AliceShiki 『Ms. Tree』『Magical Girl of Love and Justice』

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    I'm just curious on what will happen once the poll ends and Zone-kun explains it, so I'll just watch the thread I guess~
     
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  6. SpearOfLies

    SpearOfLies [Lucky Dad][Has a lovely daughter]

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    I was asking the creator of the thread if he understood the newcomb's paradox. :blobneutral:

    *patpat*
     
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  7. Evil_Ginger

    Evil_Ginger 『Lawful Neutral』『Cheese Master』『安德鲁』

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    Oh I see. Huh
     
  8. Nahrenne

    Nahrenne Sister|Daughter|Niece|Aunt|Mummy

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    Your initial post suggests you can either choose A, or B...
    ...your poll asks for either A+B, or only B...
    I can't take part in this poll, since I would pick neither of those options...
    ...x...
     
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  9. Anon Ymous

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    R-r-redacted
     
  10. Westeller

    Westeller Smokin' Sexy Style!! Staff Member

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    This is absolute nonsense without the predictor part, yeah. It's completely meaningless. Take both boxes, because the conditional that's supposed to be on box B is missing - y'know, the whole point and the part that makes it an exciting thought experiment.
     
  11. Reindeer

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    I'd rather choose A. Either getting nothing or everything is both bad in their own right. I'd rather be at the same level with everyone else with a slight advantage.
     
  12. Zone Q11

    Zone Q11 『The Gas Mask』『Monochrome Plebeian』

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    Fine! Have it your way. :blob_catflip:

    Here is the video:

     
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    Anra7777 All powerful magic grammar hamster queen pirate.

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    Why? If you take both boxes you’d still get $1000 no matter what. Why give up the possibility of getting the million?
     
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    Zone Q11 『The Gas Mask』『Monochrome Plebeian』

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    Clearly I failed giving in an important aspect of the paradox to make it a paradox in the first place, so have it your way! :blobcat_rawr:
     
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    The choice wasn't for money, but for how you would isekai...
    X
     
  16. Zone Q11

    Zone Q11 『The Gas Mask』『Monochrome Plebeian』

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    Don't even bother. The "Predictor God" isn't even present, so why even bother?

    The core of this "game" is the same, so the moment I failed to make the core, I already screwed the "game".

    This part of the sentence alone is already breaking one of the only things I am asking in the OP.

    If you plan to ruin something because it is wrong, instead of letting me fix it by asking a poll a second time, then I might as well destroy the whole thing!

    Westeller, lock this thread! :blob_thor:
     
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  17. Pyoo

    Pyoo ☀ Summer Melody ☀

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    Summarize the 2nd part for me!
     
  18. Zone Q11

    Zone Q11 『The Gas Mask』『Monochrome Plebeian』

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    Watch the video.



    This game lacks the presence of a predictor that predicts your choice, causing the value of Box B to change, followed by Chance Calculation stuff, which would prove that -if the predictor is likely correct- you will profit more from choosing only Box B.
     
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    Zone Q11 『The Gas Mask』『Monochrome Plebeian』

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    Also, the predictor plans to give you nothing if you plan to choose both, while giving you the 1M if he predicts that you plan to choose only Box B.

    It's chance calculation, and I hate it.
     
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