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xkcd #2947: Pascal's Wager Triangle (xkcd.com)
submitted 5 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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In contrast to Pascal's Wager Triangle, Pascal's Triangle Wager argues that maybe God wants you to draw a triangle of numbers where each one is the sum of the two numbers above it, so you probably should, just in case.

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[โ€“] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Isaac Asimov's Bible guide convinced me that abrahamic religions are mostly made out from stuff either from Mesopotamia (Sabbath, Eden, the floods) or myths coming from later cults (e.g. Greece).

[โ€“] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 months ago

That. Book. Is. Fire.