Re: God
By: nightcrawler to echicken on Sun Jan 10 2010 16:03:22
> > That's called Pascal's wager, and it doesn't work. Google it. Better yet,
> > out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2oA9mXs9lw
> > as well as
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czEfLn_ifIU&feature=related
> >
I hadn't heard the term before so I googled it. Looks like a lot of people
have spent a lot more time thinking about this than I have. I don't know what
you mean by "it doesn't work" but maybe that would become clear if I watched
those videos, which I'll try to do later. Is it proven not to work when
applied to other scenarios? Nobody can know for sure if it actually works in
this situation, not until they die.
Now, if I actually thought it was the best bet I'd have made the wager myself,
but I have not done so. I just think that for someone who believes (but is on
the fence, has some doubts, whatever) it would be a safe bet, give them some
peace of mind, and who knows - maybe it would work out for them. Someone
making this bet would, of course, be taking the big chance that they'd chosen
the best (out of many) paths to follow.
But yes, it's flawed, and like I said it's not something I could commit to
without any belief whatsoever. So here I am, open minded, possibly going to
hell, possibly just going to sleep. :)
echicken
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