(April 10, 2015 at 1:52 pm)datc Wrote: Recall that we are dealing with a version of the Pascal's wager. The argument is that practical living as if there was an afterlife even if you are not sure of it makes sense.
Except that if I want to live practical, I have to evaluate the evidence for claims properly, so living practical actually means disregarding Pascal's nonsensical wager.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell