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		cvalka 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: String of recent killings linked to Bay Area 'Zizi... Exactly. It's a variation of Pascal's Wager for morons.

wat10000 9 months ago [–]

I wouldn’t say it’s any worse or better than the original. It basically just swaps some names around.

cvalka 9 months ago | [–]

It's late by hundreds of years. It introduces a lot of unnecessary complexity. The most sophisticated variation of the Wager I've encountered is the Taleb's diatribe against GMO.

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