If anyone accepts a pascals mugging style trade off with full knowledge of the problem,
Well, it’s very well known that Pascal himself accepted it, and I’m sure there are others. So, off you go and do whatever it is you wanted to do.
To be honest, your ability to come through on this threat is a classic example of the genre—it’s very, very unlikely that you are able to do it, but obviously the consequences if you were able to would be, er, quite bad. In this case my judgement of the probabilities is that we are completely justified in ignoring the threat.
In this case my judgement of the probabilities is that we are completely justified in ignoring the threat.
Do you consider my pascals mugging to be less likely then the general examples of the genre, or do you think that all pascals muggings” probabilities are that we are completely justified in ignoring the threat.”
Well, it’s very well known that Pascal himself accepted it, and I’m sure there are others. So, off you go and do whatever it is you wanted to do.
To be honest, your ability to come through on this threat is a classic example of the genre—it’s very, very unlikely that you are able to do it, but obviously the consequences if you were able to would be, er, quite bad. In this case my judgement of the probabilities is that we are completely justified in ignoring the threat.
Do you consider my pascals mugging to be less likely then the general examples of the genre, or do you think that all pascals muggings” probabilities are that we are completely justified in ignoring the threat.”
It surely depends on one’s estimate of the numbers. It seems worthwhile doing something about possible asteroid impacts, for example.