To expand on that, the difference between the let humans live pascal’s wager, and the ordinary pascal’s wager, is that letting humans live is the status quo.
Consider the ‘don’t eat me, my daddy is a cop’ argument. It is hardly a pascal’s wager. It is a rational thing to consider, especially when there’s no shortage of food. It is more plausible that the status quo is product of actions of ultra powerful being, than ‘you must give all money you got to me or the god will be pissed off’ .
To expand on that, the difference between the let humans live pascal’s wager, and the ordinary pascal’s wager, is that letting humans live is the status quo.
Consider the ‘don’t eat me, my daddy is a cop’ argument. It is hardly a pascal’s wager. It is a rational thing to consider, especially when there’s no shortage of food. It is more plausible that the status quo is product of actions of ultra powerful being, than ‘you must give all money you got to me or the god will be pissed off’ .