I agree that you can refute Pascal’s Wager with anti-Pascal’s Wager. But if you evaluate all wagers and anti-wagers you are left with power seeking. It is always better to have more power. Don’t you agree?
No, I don’t, you aren’t, and I don’t, in that order.
If you agree that I can refute Pascal’s Wager then I don’t actually “face” it.
If I refute it, I’m not left with power seeking, I’m left with the same complete set of goals and options I had before we considered Pascal’s Wager. Those never went away.
And more power is better all else equal, but all else is not equal when I’m trading off effort and resources among plans and actions. So, it does not follow that seeking more power is always the best option.
And here you face Pascal’s Wager.
I agree that you can refute Pascal’s Wager with anti-Pascal’s Wager. But if you evaluate all wagers and anti-wagers you are left with power seeking. It is always better to have more power. Don’t you agree?
No, I don’t, you aren’t, and I don’t, in that order.
If you agree that I can refute Pascal’s Wager then I don’t actually “face” it.
If I refute it, I’m not left with power seeking, I’m left with the same complete set of goals and options I had before we considered Pascal’s Wager. Those never went away.
And more power is better all else equal, but all else is not equal when I’m trading off effort and resources among plans and actions. So, it does not follow that seeking more power is always the best option.