Not a trick question, part 2

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If Omega put $0 into box A A and $1000 into box B B , which option should you choose to maximize your wealth?

Note: You get to keep the money in any box(es) you open.

Open both boxes Open just box A A

Adam Strandberg by Adam Strandberg , 28, USA

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3 solutions

Adam Strandberg
Feb 20, 2016

If there is $0 in box A A and $1000 in box B B , then opening just box A A will get you $0, whereas opening both boxes will get you $1000.

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If you only open box A, then there will definitely be $1,000,000 in it, so only open box A.

John Lawrie - 4 years, 10 months ago
Desmond Sheppard
Mar 17, 2016

Best case either way leads to $1,000, so the best case option would be to open both boxes.

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But if Omega always correctly predicts what you will do, then you should open box A only, because there WILL be $1,000,000 in it.

John Lawrie - 4 years, 10 months ago
Utkarsh Kukreti
Mar 9, 2016

This is simple enough!

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