Absent-Minded driver

The absent-minded driver is a problem for testing decision theories which shows a time inconsistency in classical ways of considering optimal decisions. It is entirely described in the eponymous blog post.

Blog posts

The Absent-Minded Driver

See also

• Decision theory
• Newcomb's problem
• Counterfactual mugging
• Parfit's hitchhiker
• Smoker's lesion
• Sleeping Beauty problem
• Prisoner's dilemma
• Pascal's mugging