Newcomb's paradox — Newcomb s paradox, also referred to as Newcomb s problem, is a thought experiment involving a game between two players, one of whom purports to be able to predict the future. Whether the problem is actually a paradox is disputed. Newcomb s… … Wikipedia
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William Newcomb — William Newcomb, a professor and theoretical physicist at the University of California s Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, is best known as the creator of Newcomb s paradox, devised in 1960. He was the great grandson of the brother of the astronomer … Wikipedia
Ontological paradox — An ontological paradox is a paradox of time travel that questions the existence and creation of information and objects that travel in time. It is very closely related to the predestination paradox and usually occurs at the same time. Because of… … Wikipedia
Predestination paradox — A predestination paradox (also called causal loop, causality loop, and, less frequently, closed loop or closed time loop) is a paradox of time travel that is often used as a convention in science fiction. It exists when a time traveller is caught … Wikipedia
Bootstrap paradox — The bootstrap paradox is a paradox of time travel in which information or objects can exist without having been created. After information or an object is sent back in time, it is recovered in the present and becomes the very object/information… … Wikipedia
Paradoja de Newcomb — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda La paradoja de Newcomb es el estudio de un juego entre dos jugadores, uno de los cuales puede predecir el futuro. La paradoja de Newcomb se considera una paradoja porque lleva a una autocontradicción. La causalidad… … Wikipedia Español
Braess's paradox — Braess s paradox, credited to the mathematician Dietrich Braess, states that adding extra capacity to a network, when the moving entities selfishly choose their route, can in some cases reduce overall performance. This is because the equilibrium… … Wikipedia
Braess-Paradox — Das Braess Paradoxon ist eine Veranschaulichung der Tatsache, dass eine zusätzliche Handlungsalternative unter der Annahme rationaler Einzelentscheidungen zu einer Verschlechterung der Situation für alle führen kann. Das Paradoxon wurde 1968 vom… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Newcombs Problem — ist ein von Robert Nozick und William Newcomb (†1999; Urgroßneffe von Simon Newcomb) im Jahre 1960 festgestelltes und 1969 publiziertes Problem der Entscheidungstheorie. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Die Situation des Gedankenexperiments 2 Modifikationen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
