In case you haven’t seen it yet there is a video out there which applies Pascall’s wager to the climate change scenarios. See it here.
Now just as for Pascal’s wager regarding the best course of action to take with respect to the reality of God, there are a number of limits to this way of thinking about climate change, mostly to do with the extent of the threat and the cost of action. But unlike the God case where God presumably knows your thoughts and would be aware that your “conversion” is just a best bet, climate change, or the environment, is unaware.
The science indicates this is a real threat, but even if we are acting to limit risk the benefits will be real.
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