Pascal’s wager from his Pensées, §233 (isn’t it wonderful we can just link to the raw unfettered text?) is that you should bet for the infinite upside and believe in God. Pascal states, 1) “According to reason, you can do neither the one thing nor the other” and 2) “Yes; but you must wager. It is not optional. You are embarked.”

So you have to gamble and you cannot logically decide.

My interest is not whether what he says is correct or misinterpreted. I simply like the idea that you have to realise you are making a gamble when you question if God exists.

It’s the gambling that’s the interesting part. Its fine to be an atheist, its fine to be a believer.

Further you should not criticise the other side – they had to choose and they could not use reason.

So lets all get better at betting shall we?

When you gamble you want to stick with (conserve) what you see as good, you want to switch from (progress) what you see as bad.

How you become a better judge of good or bad (and hence whether you want to stick or switch) is a lot of what Kant talked about (from what I know so far).

What you don’t want to do is outsource making the gambles to gods or emperors.

You want to outsource it to me 😁.