An idea from Pensées

Bet that God exists. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing, since a finite stake is set against an endless prize. In 1746 Diderot answered that an imam could run the same sum for his own faith, so the bet can’t choose between gods.

From Pensées by Blaise Pascal

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