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Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument advanced by Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), seventeenth-century French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian. [1] This argument posits that individuals essentially engage in a life-defining gamble regarding the belief in the existence of God.
The style of the book has been described as aphoristic, [3] or by Peter Kreeft as more like a collection of "sayings" than a book. [4]Pascal is sceptical of cosmological arguments for God's existence and says that when religious people present such arguments they give atheists "ground for believing that the proofs of our religion are very weak". [5]
Philosopher Nick Bostrom argues that Pascal's mugging, like Pascal's wager, suggests that giving a superintelligent artificial intelligence a flawed decision theory could be disastrous. [10] Pascal's mugging may also be relevant when considering low-probability, high-stakes events such as existential risk or charitable interventions with a low ...
“Where there’s uncertainty,” he writes, “I make my bet on Jesus,” updating Pascal’s wager for the 21 st century. I, like many believers, am predisposed to find his arguments imminently ...
Blaise Pascal [a] (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer.. Pascal was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen.
Blaise Pascal. Another form of fideism is assumed by Pascal's Wager, which is a rational argument for a pragmatic view of God's existence. [14] Blaise Pascal invites the atheist considering faith to see faith in God as a cost-free choice that carries a potential reward. [15]
In the U.S., Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn, said Trump had "totally lost it" and that a U.S. invasion of Gaza would lead to the slaughter of thousands of U.S. troops and decades of war in the Middle East.
Blaise Pascal argued that even if there were truly no evidence for God, agnostics should consider what is now known as Pascal's Wager: the infinite expected value of acknowledging God is always greater than the finite expected value of not acknowledging his existence, and thus it is a safer "bet" to choose God. [17]