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Politics : TRUE Center-Not Rep or Dem pretending to be "center"
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To: koan who wrote (14)4/29/2013 1:27:06 AM
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In 1670 the French philosopher Pascal argued that even if there is no proof for the existence of God, it still makes rational sense to believe in Him because the potential losses from not believing in Him if He does exist are far greater than the potential costs of believing in Him if he doesn't exist. Worst - case scenario for an atheist is eternal hellfire; worst-case scenario for a Christian is the discovery that his life spent going to church was completely wasted.

Pascal's Wager was a bad idea in 1670 (what if God is Muslim? Or a giant cockroach who hates Christians every bit as much as he hates atheists?) It's an even worse idea now, because it’s dismally feeble grasp of cost-benefit analysis. When applied to AGW, it presupposes that the costs of not doing something are potentially infinite, while the costs of doing something are negligible. This is emphatically not the case.

From: WATERMELONS "A Few Things You Should Know About "Global Warming" by James Delingpole.
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