tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post4667267084186595862..comments2024-03-28T13:23:50.623-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Pascal's Wager rescuedAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-56629114975468953272014-01-24T00:14:39.637-06:002014-01-24T00:14:39.637-06:00Well, for one, I am not that sure it is infinitely...Well, for one, I am not that sure it is infinitely bad. It could be that the amount of suffering decreases over time in such a way that the total is finite. For another, Pascal's initial setup in section 233 of the <a href="http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/pascal/pensees-a.html#SECTION%20III" rel="nofollow">Pensees</a> sure seems to talk about infinite gain but does not mention infinite loss.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-80406827981805032182014-01-23T14:12:33.176-06:002014-01-23T14:12:33.176-06:00Why not just say that b is negative infinity, beca...Why not just say that b is negative infinity, because the value of an eternal life of suffering is infinitely bad? And even any positive you get in this life, including any positive chance of ending up changing your mind, pales in comparison with the infinitely bad outcome. I haven't read Pascal in a while, but I thought that was how he presented it. It's certainly how the famous Lycan and Schlesinger piece that defends Pascal frames it (and from the outset).Jeremy Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441308872350317672noreply@blogger.com