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See Bell's "Men of Mathematics" for a highly opinionated view of Pascal's
philosophical side.

I always thought the principle of the wager was that any risk where the
worst possible outcome is completely harmless or no worse than not taking
the risk isn't a risk.  Whether it applied to the particular situation
Pascal considered is probably a topic for a different forum. <g>

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> >Larry Bolhuis         |         What if it's True?
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> Then again, what if it isn't true?
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> Ever hear of Pascal's wager?
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