Why Pascal's Wager is IRRELEVANT
The Christian game theorist Jack Holgroth, whose OBJECTIVE: Ministries (an activist Christian site full of right wing propaganda) wrote this Game theory payoff matrix to show why Pascal's wager is such a... *heh-hem*... strong argument against atheism. The matrix shows the atheist will lose infinitely while the believer in God will win infinitely. If you think it sounds like the game might be rigged, then you'd be correct (for reasons I shall shortly explain). I was actually surprised to see this on an actual "Game theorists" page, because anyone who actually is calculating a payoff matrix, such as betting on a horse at a horse race, has to calculate the chances of all the horses in that race, not just the top rated and the least rated. Also, if introducing infinitude into the wager also seems peculiar, again you'd be right. Objection 1 : Other Probable Gods The above game wager payoff matrix fails to consider each and every possible contender in the r...