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Vitalik Buterin
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To me, the most underrated counterargument to the Pascal's Wager is that it ignores that your actions can have consequences on either side of zero. Once you take that into account, many things move from "seeming no-brainer" to "totally undecidable omg what the heck do I do"
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@vitalik.eth
(And yes, like all Pascal's Wager discourse in the 2020s, this has an AI safety tie-in. Soooo many actions done in the name of AI safety so far seem to have had very ambiguous consequences (Premise: all the other AI labs are reckless, I'll make one that focuses on safety! 2 years later: we have n+1 reckless AI labs))
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So "don't worship" is the worst choice. Other two are mathematically equal.
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what about Nietzsche's eternal recurrence. i bet that one looks sweet
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Also in a world that God does exist. But you only worshipped him because of Pascal. That God probably thinks you’re an idiot and you get -30000 anyway 😂 If there is a God, it’s doubtful he cares how much you believe in him. Especially as he hasn’t made it obvious that he does. He probably does care if you’re a good person. And that would be true regardless if you believe in him or not.
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My favourite interpretation of an ‘antigod’ is a god that has set up religion as a test to determine which of its creations will not live life more or less like an automaton, despite being instructed to do so.
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Pascal's Wager was the original (3,3), few understand this
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can I get a hullo laddie
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Agree Also hot take Some people who worship God do the most despicable things, and vice versa 😕
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What Pascal didn't understand is that the bottom-right quad is actually positive 69.
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Wen available
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🎁 for you on jam.so
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Do these charts imply that belief in God’s existence require worship? Or maybe worship is a belief function implementation…🤔
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For non-believers like me for whom the concept of a god is entirely ludicrous, surely there are millions of potential wagers? Like, I would think that if you’re undecided and willing to hedge by going to church, you must also point your bed towards Mecca, embrace pastafarianism, praise cows etc etc?
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Curious, is there a reason you don’t make these available as a mint? Could direct all proceeds/royalties to various good causes you support.
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