Blaise Pascal, 17thC philosopher, argued for a belief in God on the grounds that if God DID NOT exist the belief would only cost a weekly trip to church, and piety - but if God DID exist it would earn you eternal rewards. It's called "Pascal's wager", and an obviously faulty argument for belief or anything else. But don't we often make decisions for fear of imagined risks, or for imagined potential rewards? Do you? Why?
2007-08-17
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