Thursday, September 11, 2008

Pascal's Wager

Pascal’s wager

Introducing a genius named Blaise Pascal….

He is a French philosopher that utilized the probability theory to justify why human should believe in God.



God exists (G) God does not exist (~G)
Living as if God exists (B) +∞ (heaven) −N (none)
Living as if God does not exist (~B) ?? not specified
perhaps N (limbo/purgatory/spiritual death)
or −∞ (hell)
+N (none)


From the matrix, he argued that believing in God is absolutely more beneficial than not believing.

Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager

What do you think?