XDCsPUNKer

nope. it may be empty it may not.
Its a paradox as it wont make a difference if you choose option 1 or 2
the choice has already been made but there is no way of knowing that
choice because our free will will make us decide after the event and that can’t be 100%
predicted. In the same way that the higher being can’t predict 100% the choice you will make

Neon in theory, in the question, the money has been planted whichever motivation you take.
I dont think that it is suggested that box 1 is undesirable in any way. It still holds a reward whereas Box 2 may hold a better one or may not hold anything at all. The question is put that the being has already assumed what you will do and either added nothing (box 1 option) or added the million (box 2 option)
Where this now becomes a paradox is simply put as this.
You chose option 1 :
the being guessed you would choose option 1 and removed the money from box 2
the being guessed you would choose option 2 and placed the money in box 2
You choose option 2 :
the being guessed you would choose option 2 and placed the money in box 2
the being guessed you would choose option 1 and removed the money from box 2
based on the principles of free will and the fact that the choice was made for you at a pre-determined time and you must assume that even the £1000 is a reward then you will lose nothing in determining option 1. The theory here is that your choice has been made for you beforehand regardless of what your principles or motivations may be in choosing the options you have afterwards.
dagnamed philisophy!
anyone smell cat food??

Hmmm – technically there is no absolutely right answer – you can argue both sides reasonably well – but for me the key point is as follows… and the degree of fallibility is not an issue with this explanation Wolf.

When you come to the boxes and make your choice…. the supreme being is now out of the equation. He has already put the money in the relevant boxes – this is now irrevocable. As such NO MATTER WHAT YOU WERE THINKING OF DOING / WHAT THE SUPREME BEING THOUGHT YOU MIGHT DO YOU SHOULD TAKE BOTH BOXES! Either the money is in both boxes or only in B1 – nothing you can do at that point of time is going to change it… so knock yourself out and at least guarantee that you get that 1000$ whatever happens. (Make it 100000$ if that makes it seem more realistic to you.)

The mind fuck is …. did the supreme being work out what your reasoning would be and so knew that you would do that anyway? My answer would be… who cares… you cant change what happened in the past… at the point in time when you are faced with the 2 boxes you have to take both or you are being foolish – the money is either in there or it isn’t,,, this isnt quantum mechanics we are talking about here.

Its an interesting process to think through… i guess the main message for me is that prediction of the future is impossible as it would lead to paradoxical failures as in this case…. unless you accept a universe with no free will in it whatsoever.

more or less what I said with extra trimmings 😉

sorry cant grant that one 😉

OK granted but they have to spend christmas with you singing round a piano
I wish I could time travel

nice pics doc
great stories.
Will get to mine when I pull the lazy chip out of my arse