Error in the Rabbi's Proof of Newcomb's Paradox on the Question of Knowledge and Choice
Peace and blessings,
The rabbi wrote in his book that Newcomb's paradox proves that there is a contradiction between knowledge and choice (i.e. the assertion that God knows the future and the assertion that man has free choice).
The proof was that in a paradox, a contradiction is reached, and hence, some party's knowledge of the future contradicts the possibility of choice for those involved in that future.
But I think there is no proof here, and I will explain.
The paradox is indeed real – we reach two contradictory conclusions.
But in the paradox story, there is another event beyond the prophet's knowledge of the future, and it can be said that it is the one that leads to the contradiction. The event is that the prophet intervenes in reality based on that knowledge of the future (fills in the box according to what he saw happening in the future) and informs the person who is voting about the same policy in a way that can influence the choice.
Therefore, it can be said, for example, that there is indeed a contradiction in the understanding that some factor knew a future event that is affected by a choice if the prophet intervenes (in the future) in the choice and influences it (especially in such a way that he tells the voter that he (the prophet) determined reality according to his (the voter's) choice).
But there is no contradiction that the prophet knew the rest of the future.
In figurative words, as in the book – in the prophet's library of future tapes, there are several tapes that don't work. These are tapes that claim to document events in which the prophet intervenes, as described in the paradox.
I would love to hear whether the Rabbi agrees with the refutation of the proof.
thanks
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