Comment by reg_dunlop
Comment by reg_dunlop 3 days ago
It's the prisoner's dilemma. Or more succinctly:
Take something and possibly live, or take nothing and certainly die.
Comment by reg_dunlop 3 days ago
It's the prisoner's dilemma. Or more succinctly:
Take something and possibly live, or take nothing and certainly die.
Yeah this is more like a Pascalian Gamble [1]. If you try nothing, then you are assured to die as God wanted. If you try something, then you might live, but then God hates you.
It is like Pascal's Wager but has nothing to do with "what God wanted" or "God hating you"... It's more "if it doesn't work the outcome is the same anyway" (eternal oblivion in Pascal's case, certain death in this case), therefore why not give it a shot in case it does work.
That's not what the prisoner’s dilemma is.