Can we keep the personal attacks down - you have no idea what my understanding or background is. We can disagree civilly about the importance of this thought ex

Can we keep the personal attacks down - you have no idea what my understanding or background is. We can disagree civilly about the importance of this thought experiment without questioning each other's intentions and competency. As for wiki it is a convenient resource for a simplified summary of issues. You are not the only person I am addressing by writing. More importantly have you have not addressed the problem that a Predictor is immpossible in the real world. Any philosophical discussions that have at their core an impossible being are 'intellectually bankrupt'.