(February 24, 2014 at 10:01 am)Ben Davis Wrote:(February 24, 2014 at 1:05 am)Psychonaut Wrote: I can't help but wonder if old man Blaise just stuck his fingers in his ears and sung loudly whenever a strong argument was put against his wager.No. Like Stimbo says, his 'wager' was most likely meant as a joke. The fact that so many people take it seriously it testament to Poe's law.
Yeah, it does have this tongue-in-cheek vibe, the kind of joke a mathematician would come up with to illustrate a concept.
It could work as an argument against deconversion outreach
However, in the eyes of the true God, being an atheist might be better
than having the wrong God, so maybe not so much after all...