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  • Shampiss@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Pascal’s wager argues that if there are 2 different and non provable outcomes to a belief, you should believe the one that has better consequences for you.

    In this case there are no divine consequences of being destroyed and reassembled in another location.

    This is probably more of a ship of Theseus question.

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      5 months ago

      The point of Pascal’s wager is how non provable beliefs can’t be logically reasoned one way or the other. Like how there is no objective original and duplicate ship of theseus.

      People arguing over the danger of the transporter is a lot like trying to reason any unsolvable paradox, and especially like arguing over having faith. Better than roko’s basilisk, though, that’s pascal’s wager for scuzzy tools.