Cheating Monkeys and Citizen Bees by Dugatkin Lee

Author:Dugatkin, Lee [Dugatkin, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Published: 1999-02-11T16:00:00+00:00

What’s in It for Me?

Either God is or he is not. But to which view should we be inclined? Reason cannot decide this question. Infinite chaos separates us. At the Jar end of this infinite distance a coin is being spun which will come down heads or tails. How will you wager? Let us weigh up the gain and loss involved in calling heads that God exists. Let us assess the two cases:… There is an infinity of infinitely happy life to be won, one chance of winning against a finite number of chances to lose, and what you are staking is finite. That leaves no choice; wherever there is infinity, and where there are not infinite chances of losing against that of winning, there is no room for hesitation, you must give everything.

—Blaise Pascal, Pensées 418

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