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To: koan who wrote (53009)9/7/2013 12:36:27 PM
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>> There is a concept called Pascal's wager. In short, it means whenever you have a finite chance to gain infinity you take it. So that was what I was doing.

So, I assume you're a big buyer of Powerball tickets. Finite wager - $2 gets you a 1:150,000,000 shot at what is essentially infinity.

As usual, you misunderstand the game. Pascal's wager applied to circumstances where you are required to make a bet, one way or the other (in the original supposition, the wager had to do with whether or not there was a God). You weren't required to bet.
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