tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20905577.post116882691347409976..comments2024-02-22T04:58:19.083-08:00Comments on My Reflections: The Wisdom of PascalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20905577.post-21376040007624096552007-05-01T20:28:00.000-07:002007-05-01T20:28:00.000-07:00I've always found pascal's wager kinda silly. Are...I've always found pascal's wager kinda silly. Aren't there lots of things that *could* be true? why don't we just be safe and give in to those too? What if the Muslim's are right? Shouldn't we make the safe bet and be Muslim?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14636712951406950579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20905577.post-1168922604022144762007-01-15T20:43:00.000-08:002007-01-15T20:43:00.000-08:00(I'm posting this for a friend, for whom technolog...(I'm posting this for a friend, for whom technology--which we'll call "Hal" for the moment--did not let him log in. So he sent it to me by email.)<BR/>It is unclear that technology, or its parent, science, promise salvation. Dawkins and others may be victims of the Clever Hans effect. Their expectation of what perils or joy technology may bring to their lives is influencing the technology that they utilize. Dawkins may have a cognitive bias because he expects a given result and therefore unconsciously misinterprets data in order to find it. This observer-expectancy effect manifests itself in those that have great hope or faultfinding fear regarding technology.<BR/>MatteoMy Reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06398084457749292224noreply@blogger.com