Comments on: Pascal’s Wager inverted: all atheists go to heaven? http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2009/08/11/how-pascals-wager-also-implies-atheism-is-a-winning-bet/ Articles on game theory and personal finance Tue, 22 May 2012 15:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jeff Gottschalk http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2009/08/11/how-pascals-wager-also-implies-atheism-is-a-winning-bet/comment-page-1/#comment-9214 Jeff Gottschalk Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:46:37 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=1600#comment-9214 another problem is that faith is not a practical issue. it's not like buying insurance. or at least it shouldn't be. in my opinion, true faith cannot be contrived. another problem is that faith is not a practical issue. it’s not like buying insurance. or at least it shouldn’t be. in my opinion, true faith cannot be contrived.

]]> By: Need help on this probablity question dealing with God! | MathFax.com http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2009/08/11/how-pascals-wager-also-implies-atheism-is-a-winning-bet/comment-page-1/#comment-7140 Need help on this probablity question dealing with God! | MathFax.com Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:53:37 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=1600#comment-7140 [...] Answer 1 : Bear in mind the argument given in this article. [...] [...] Answer 1 : Bear in mind the argument given in this article. [...]

]]> By: derek http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2009/08/11/how-pascals-wager-also-implies-atheism-is-a-winning-bet/comment-page-1/#comment-6187 derek Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:51:44 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=1600#comment-6187 pascals wager is fine, but you could apply it to all gods, ra, thor, allah, odin, the list goes on, so which god should you believe in pascals wager is fine, but you could apply it to all gods, ra, thor, allah, odin, the list goes on, so which god should you believe in

]]> By: Carlo Paggi http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2009/08/11/how-pascals-wager-also-implies-atheism-is-a-winning-bet/comment-page-1/#comment-5777 Carlo Paggi Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:52:02 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=1600#comment-5777 Hello, why use the name Pascal when, as Jon pointed out, it is *not* Pascal's wager we are talking about. Let's call it - say - Mr. Banana wager, just to clarify matter. Cheers, C Hello,

why use the name Pascal when, as Jon pointed out,
it is *not* Pascal’s wager we are talking about.

Let’s call it – say – Mr. Banana wager, just to clarify matter.

Cheers,
C

]]> By: Paul http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2009/08/11/how-pascals-wager-also-implies-atheism-is-a-winning-bet/comment-page-1/#comment-5741 Paul Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:36:49 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=1600#comment-5741 It is very interesting indeed. I would go a bit further though, because there are more flaws in Pascal's game theoretic model (of course, it is a bit pretentious to give this label to this theory). Another critique would be that it does not take into account the fact that the preference rankings of different individuals may skew his results. Moreover, the payoffs can only be finite due to the law of diminishing returns. There certainly is a point where the cost function meets the benefit function in this situation, thus rendering Pascal's theory rather artificial. It is very interesting indeed. I would go a bit further though, because there are more flaws in Pascal’s game theoretic model (of course, it is a bit pretentious to give this label to this theory). Another critique would be that it does not take into account the fact that the preference rankings of different individuals may skew his results. Moreover, the payoffs can only be finite due to the law of diminishing returns. There certainly is a point where the cost function meets the benefit function in this situation, thus rendering Pascal’s theory rather artificial.

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