oh pascal!
Have been thinking a lot about Pascal's Wager...ever since I saw the YouTube video by that nerdy guy who applies the same type of probability theory to the climate change issue.
See it here.
I think it's a great application of the argument model, and I don't think there are any huge holes in the logic however, since when does humanity ever play it safe? There is no way to get people to plan for the future appropriately, especially when it's a future that they themselves won't be a part of. Humans are too myopic. The argument still does nothing to convince people who truly just don't believe in climate change either. Just like the original model (belief in god), if you are an unbeliever, either by choice or circumstance, the argument carries no weight.
Dreamt that I got a new job last night. It wasn't so much the job that made the dream significant, it was the salary...$178,073.00 per year. Pretty specific number for a dream, but again I don't think it's the number that is significant. It's the fact that even though I truly believe we should be moving toward income and class equality I still secretly want to be stinkin' rich ;)
I'm injured. IT band again. Without running, and my regular hit of endorphins, things are going to get morose and nihilistic around here pretty fast. How much longer do I have to wait before bionic technology can make me super human?
See it here.
I think it's a great application of the argument model, and I don't think there are any huge holes in the logic however, since when does humanity ever play it safe? There is no way to get people to plan for the future appropriately, especially when it's a future that they themselves won't be a part of. Humans are too myopic. The argument still does nothing to convince people who truly just don't believe in climate change either. Just like the original model (belief in god), if you are an unbeliever, either by choice or circumstance, the argument carries no weight.
Dreamt that I got a new job last night. It wasn't so much the job that made the dream significant, it was the salary...$178,073.00 per year. Pretty specific number for a dream, but again I don't think it's the number that is significant. It's the fact that even though I truly believe we should be moving toward income and class equality I still secretly want to be stinkin' rich ;)
I'm injured. IT band again. Without running, and my regular hit of endorphins, things are going to get morose and nihilistic around here pretty fast. How much longer do I have to wait before bionic technology can make me super human?
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