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Calling Pascal’s Bluff: Why His Wager Doesn’t Hold Up - The Freethinker

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Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French philosopher and mathematician, known for Pascal’s Wager. Upping the Ante on Belief The French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) famously argued that belief in God is the safest bet—he proposed a wager where faith secures infinite reward (heaven) and doubt risks eternal punishment (hell). But what if this logic is upside down? What if scepticism—not belief—were the wiser wager? First introdu…
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The Freethinker broke the news in on Monday, June 16, 2025.
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