In some religions, actions are more important than belief. You you can be a hypocrite inai religions and still get lots of credit because you do the actions even if you don't believe them. For some it's just enough to do the do the commandments. Whether you believe hem or not is not so important. The name for religion in arabic, dean, is te name for law. In hebrew, yes, mean to be religious. Andand it would mean in semetic languages, to be a law abiding citizen. Y keep the rules. That m sor.
Nassim Taleb talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the financial crisis, how we misunderstand rare events, the fragility of the banking system, the moral hazard of government bailouts, the unprecedented nature of really, really bad events, the contribution of human psychology to misinterpreting probability and the dangers of hubris. The conversation closes with a discussion of religion and probability.