[MD] Free Will

[Steven Peterson]

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 2:30 PM,  <craigerb at comcast.net> wrote:
> An eccentric magician invites you to play a game.The game consists of 2 boxes & 2 buttons.  He puts the same amount of money--either
> $0 or $1000--in each of the 2 boxes.  If you push the right-hand button you get themoney in the right hand box.  If you push the left-hand button you get the moneyin both the right-hand & the left-hand boxes.  Before you play, he confides to you
> that he can read the minds of the players & he lets you watch
> several rounds of the game. Each time he puts no money in the
> boxes, the player pushes the left-hand button & each time he
> puts $1000 in both boxes, the player pushes the right-hand button.
> Now it's your turn.  Which button do you push?


The right-hand button?

Can you explain the point of this question?