somebody was pushing pascal's wager down pretty hard in the smoking section last night.

(i'm not sure if he knew it was pascal's wager)

it's logically sound, with the caveat of quantifying it. if you think that the chances that a god exists are 50/50, it is rational to take pascal's wager and accept religion. certainly, you'd have to acknowledge that rejecting religion is taking on substantial risk.

but, if you think that the chances that a god exists are better quantified at <1%, as i do, then pascal's wager breaks down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager