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Pascal's wager, a Rare card
Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument advanced by Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 360,000
Power 149 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Pascal's wager quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pascal's wager card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This argument posits that individuals essentially engage in a life-defining gamble regarding the belief in the ______ of God.
Answer
existence. This argument posits that individuals essentially engage in a life-defining gamble regarding the belief in the existence of God. From the Pascal's wager article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Michael Chang. Michael Chang 82 · Pascal's wager 76 · Shriners 73 · French Bulldog 70 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- This argument posits that individuals essentially engage in a life-defining gamble regarding the belief in the existence of God.
- Pascal contends that a rational person should adopt a lifestyle consistent with the existence of God and should strive to believe in God.
- The reasoning for this stance involves the potential outcomes: if God does not exist, the believer incurs only finite losses, potentially sacrificing certain pleasures and luxuries, if God does exist, the believer stands to gain immeasurably, as represented for example by an eternity in Heaven in Abrahamic tradition, while simultaneously avoiding boundless losses associated with an eternity in…
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pascal's wager article was read about 360,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Pascal's wager
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Pascal's wager in the power ranking, all domains together.
- French BulldogRare · Nature · ATK 70 DEF 79
- Michael ChangRare · Society · ATK 82 DEF 67
- RosicrucianismRare · Society · ATK 77 DEF 72
- British IslesRare · Nature · ATK 85 DEF 64
- Eddie AlbertRare · History · ATK 77 DEF 72
- Frederick, Prince of WalesRare · History · ATK 72 DEF 77
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Pascal's wager (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : unknown, a copy of the painting of François II Quesnel, which was made for Gérard Edelinck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
