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Pascal's wager

An argument according to which belief in God is rational whether or not God exists, since falsely believing that God exists leads to no harm whereas falsely believing that God does not exist may lead to eternal damnation.

[After Blaise Pascal.]

Pascal's wager

(Philosophy) Philosophy the argument that it is in one's rational self-interest to act as if God exists, since the infinite punishments of hell, provided they have a positive probability, however small, outweigh any countervailing advantage

[named after Blaise Pascal (1623-62), French philosopher, mathematician, and physicist]

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No references found	A few decades later, Blaise Pascal - now more famous for Pascal's wager, which advises you to place your bets on God's existence and live accordingly - devised a table of probabilities now known as Pascal's triangle, which allows gamblers to calculate the probability that a certain sequence of numbers will occur (for the record, there are 7,059,052 ways of choosing six numbers out of a sequence of 44). Win some, lose some by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Evidence notwithstanding, one might consider a version of Pascal's wager when it comes to the issue of global warming: Blaise Pascal had posited that it is better to believe in God than not because if God exists, you're in good shape for believing, and if you don't . No hot air by Vasilash, Gary S. / Automotive Design & Production Pascal's Wager Pascal suggested that under conditions of existential uncertainty, the most effective heuristical device for deciding whether or not to live a godly and righteous life is to consider the practice of wagering. Probability, decision theory, and a curricular approach to developing ... by Wagner, Paul A. / Journal of Thought	Parvoline parvovirus Parzival PAS pas de basque pas de bourrée Pas de Calais pas de chat pas de deux pas de quatre pas de trois pas op pas seul Pas-de-Calais Pasadena Pasan pasang Pasargadae Pasay Pascal pascal celery Pascal compiler Pascal's law Pascal's law of fluid pressures Pascal's triangle Pascal's wager Pascal, Blaise Pasch Pasch egg Pasch flower Pascha paschal Paschal candle Paschal celery paschal flower paschal lamb pase Paseng paseo pash pasha Pashalic pashalik Pashaw pashka pashm pashmina Pashto Pashtoon Pashtu Pashtun	Pascal rules Pascal second Pascal second Pascal second Pascal second Pascal Source Code Pascal theorem Pascal triangle Pascal triangle Pascal wager Pascal wager Pascal Web Unit Pascal's calculator Pascal's Gambit Pascal's Gambit Pascal's identity Pascal's law Pascal's law Pascal's law Pascal's law of fluid pressures Pascal's limaçon Pascal's principle Pascal's principle Pascal's principle Pascal's rule Pascal's theorem Pascal's triangle Pascal's triangle Pascal's triangles Pascal's triangles Pascal's wager Pascal+CSP Pascal, Blaise Pascal, Blaise Pascal, Blaise Pascal- Pascal-80 Pascal-F Pascal-FC Pascal-Linda Pascal-m Pascal-P Pascal-S Pascal-SC Pascal-second Pascal-second Pascal-second Pascal-second Pascal/L Pascal/R Pascaline Pascalite Pascalite Pascalite Pascals Pascals Pascals Pascals law Pascals law Pascals law Pascals triagle

A few decades later, Blaise Pascal - now more famous for Pascal's wager, which advises you to place your bets on God's existence and live accordingly - devised a table of probabilities now known as Pascal's triangle, which allows gamblers to calculate the probability that a certain sequence of numbers will occur (for the record, there are 7,059,052 ways of choosing six numbers out of a sequence of 44).

Win some, lose some by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Evidence notwithstanding, one might consider a version of Pascal's wager when it comes to the issue of global warming: Blaise Pascal had posited that it is better to believe in God than not because if God exists, you're in good shape for believing, and if you don't .

No hot air by Vasilash, Gary S. / Automotive Design & Production

Pascal's Wager Pascal suggested that under conditions of existential uncertainty, the most effective heuristical device for deciding whether or not to live a godly and righteous life is to consider the practice of wagering.

Probability, decision theory, and a curricular approach to developing ... by Wagner, Paul A. / Journal of Thought

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