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Major Nikon

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2. It's always been childish reasoning at best

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Wed Jan 30, 2019, 01:46 PM

Jan 2019

Regardless of what you stand to win or lose, the premise becomes no more true or false. It's really no different than the wager religionists have been making for several millennia. The condition for the promised unverifiable reward relies primarily on the belief that the reward exists. A fool's bet if there ever was one.

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