One could also assume that no one ever will, but that they would if they were in an implausibly simple decision situation. Unconditional cluelessness is more radical than “no one will ever have a justified c-pref in the real world” (which is itself more radical than expansive cluelessness).
You’re right, they could assume that no one will figure it out. Do you have an implausibly simple decision situation in mind? I’m not convinced by the one in the story.
Hence the problem of unconditional cluelessness. And, yes it’s possible that it’s an unanswerable problem. DiGiovanni and the other judges are hoping it’s not.
One could also assume that no one ever will, but that they would if they were in an implausibly simple decision situation. Unconditional cluelessness is more radical than “no one will ever have a justified c-pref in the real world” (which is itself more radical than expansive cluelessness).
You’re right, they could assume that no one will figure it out. Do you have an implausibly simple decision situation in mind? I’m not convinced by the one in the story.
Hence the problem of unconditional cluelessness. And, yes it’s possible that it’s an unanswerable problem. DiGiovanni and the other judges are hoping it’s not.
I think that’s why they’re having the contest.