atheist

[Joel S. Berson]

At 12/19/2009 11:26 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>At 9:41 PM -0500 12/19/09, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>At 12/19/2009 09:19 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:
>>>  3. and he chooses to behave as if there is no God.
>>
>>Risky.  The probabilistic expectation is greater if one chooses to
>>believe in God.
>So you're wagering with Pascal then?

Now that Larry has refreshed my memory, so that I know whom to look
for at the casino, yes.

And in response to Dave Wilton:
>The safer bet is remaining neutral and not believing in any.

The safer bet is to believe in one (in the right one?  in the right several?).

Joel

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