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Michael Rota on Pascal’s Wager


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Is it a "good bet" to believe in God and Christianity?  In the 17th century, this was a question examined by mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal.  To give us modern insights into Pascal's Wager, we invite Prof. Michael Rota, a philosopher at St. Thomas University, to examine Pascal's life, the nature of his famous "gambling" proposition, and his own personal insights into how answers to these questions have changed over time.  Dr. Rota's previous studies in mathematics and game theory...

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