From: James Rogers (jamesr@best.com)
Date: Fri Jun 28 2002 - 13:49:13 MDT
On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 12:25, Mark Walker wrote:
> Pascal's wager, you'll recall, goes roughly like this.
> ...
> Thus, given our uncertainty and what is at
> stake I think we should act as if Friendliness should come first.
Of course, Pascal's Wager is a well-known (but modestly clever)
fallacy. Your analogous construction doesn't appear to do much better,
and for many of the same reasons.
-James Rogers
jamesr@best.com
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