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Comment author: gothgirl420666 25 April 2013 01:30:15AM 2 points [-]

For so long as I can remember, I have rejected Pascal's Wager in all its forms on sheerly practical grounds: anyone who tries to plan out their life by chasing a 1 in 10,000 chance of a huge payoff is almost certainly doomed in practice.

Almost certainly doomed, yes. You might even say doomed 9,999 out of 10,000 times.

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