Annihilating Pascal’s Wager
I don’t have any problem with making a choice to believe in God. That is your own business. However, if you’re a Pascal’s Wagerer who believes in God because it’s some sort of theological safety net, you are participating in some serious ontological laziness. It seems fitting then, that I’m about to provide you with an internet video that will simply and eloquently rend that safety net into bits. That’ll teach you to forgo thinking for yourself.
The problem with this video is that it is just as inconsistent as Pascal. Directly after pointing out what he forgot to account for, the video purports that things can be “knowable” when our life might be virtual reality or a leisure game. The reality is that EVERYTHING is equally unknowable, so we all must choose what to believe.
Thinking’s a good idea in that context, of course, but thinking that we know because we choose to have faith in scientific assumptions instead of religious ones is a little short-sighted.