Comments on: A Bit of Fluff on Newcomb’s Paradox http://avromandina.net/avrom/2008/12/a-bit-of-fluff-on-newcombs-paradox/ Analytic Philosophy for Fun (not Profit) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:16:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Will Pearson http://avromandina.net/avrom/2008/12/a-bit-of-fluff-on-newcombs-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Will Pearson Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:43:02 +0000 http://avromandina.net/avrom/2008/12/a-bit-of-fluff-on-newcombs-paradox/#comment-37 Rationality is just a label we apply to things. It has no existance within the world. E.g. you may call winning 1 million pounds irrational, but at the end of the day they still have 1 million pounds. You could use your example to construct scenarios where blowing up the universe is labelled rational... It is a fine argument for there being something wrong with your conception of rationality. Rationality is just a label we apply to things. It has no existance within the world.

E.g. you may call winning 1 million pounds irrational, but at the end of the day they still have 1 million pounds.

You could use your example to construct scenarios where blowing up the universe is labelled rational…

It is a fine argument for there being something wrong with your conception of rationality.

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