Christopher Hitchens discusses Pascal's wager.
This is during the LBJ Future Forum on May 14, 2007, at the LBJ Library and Museum in Austin, Texas.
After a debate with Marvin Olasky, Christopher Hitchens responds to a question from audience member Craig Estes.
Hitchens sums up Blaise Pascal's wager with this memorable imagery:
"Religious hucksterism of the cheapest, vulgarest, nastiest kind it's possible to imagine. He says, 'What have you got to lose? I've got a good offer for you. Come into my used car lot. Come on baby, just lie a little, and you never know!' No, don't talk to me like that, and don't call it piety when you do, or be prepared to have piety despised."
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1 comment:
Excellent rebuttal of Pascal's Silly Wager (the Silly bit should become as standard). I love the use of Russell's "there just wasn't enough evidence" too!
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