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		bryanrasmussen on Oct 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I’m Convinced We Found Evidence of Life on Mars in... who would you collect from if you wagered against, and how would you take it with you?

alexanderdmitri on Oct 13, 2019 | [–]

Basically Pascal's wager:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager

pyrale on Oct 12, 2019 | | [–]

One could say we are already collecting from our offspring.

cgriswald on Oct 13, 2019 | [–]

The wager is problematic for both sides. There's no end-point in which someone who was wagering for could collect.

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