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#292 - How Much Does the Future Matter?

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Problem With Expected Value

Expected value becomes eminently rational within the domain of normal probabilities. We just have this vague sense that certain types of risks are acceptable. But there's a limit to how good the world or the universe can be as soon as you get into other problems, and so that's why it's so difficult for people to avoid Pascal's wager.

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