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LESSON 1 · Paradoxes That Break Your Brain

PAUSE TO THINK

Who actually came up with Newcomb's paradox?

A physicist, not a philosopher

Physicist William Newcomb dreamed up the puzzle around 1960. Philosopher Robert Nozick first published it in 1969 and leaned toward taking both boxes — yet he openly admitted he was never satisfied with his own answer.

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