▲ 733 ▼ I'm with McCoy here (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [M] to c/tenforward@lemmy.world 258 comments fedilink hide all child comments Sorry about that ridiculous watermark.
[–] bigboig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) "But what if it kills you, but no one can tell?" this is pascal's wager for nerds permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shampiss@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (3 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago -A man can't step into the same teleporter twice. Proverbs for the 24th century permalink fedilink source parent [–] bigboig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Assuming the first time is voluntary there's potentially divine consequences to suicide. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shampiss@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (3 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago -A man can't step into the same teleporter twice. Proverbs for the 24th century permalink fedilink source parent [–] bigboig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Assuming the first time is voluntary there's potentially divine consequences to suicide. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago -A man can't step into the same teleporter twice. Proverbs for the 24th century permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bigboig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Assuming the first time is voluntary there's potentially divine consequences to suicide. permalink fedilink source parent
