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A decision-theory salon at CUNY Graduate Center with Columbia philosopher Melissa Fusco — tackling Newcomb's dilemma and the Sleeping Beauty paradox after our fifth session spectacularly failed to settle free will. We're moving on anyway, assuming we're free agents who can choose between options. But how? Are there laws of rationality that yield best answers, at least sometimes — or is rational choice a pipe dream? Paired with Jonny Thomson's Mini Philosophy as a companion: 2500 years of big ideas on scary movies, betting on God, pleasure vs. pain, and when a duck isn't a duck. RSVP required.