alt.energy.renewable

bodhi wrote:
> On Apr 3, 11:00 pm, "00BZN" <00...@doooooooooodooooooo.com> wrote:
>> Apocalyptic Liberals
>>
>> Daniel Greenfield
>>
>> April 3, 2008
>>
>> http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2479
>
>
> Listen 00BZN;
>
> Dude, lighten up! Have you ever heard of Pascal's Wager??
>
> From Wikipedia:
> The Wager posits that it is a better "bet" to believe that God exists
> than not to believe, because the expected value of believing (which
> Pascal assessed as infinite) is always greater than the expected value
> of not believing. In Pascal's assessment, it is inexcusable not to
> investigate this issue.
>
> So I ask you 00BZN, are you so certain that there is no evidence of
> Global Warming that you are willing to place a bet - a wager - that
> you're right? Are you so 100% convinced that you're not being misled
> by a band of wacky extremists and are willing to pay the consequences
> if you're wrong? Instead of losing your soul in fiery damnation - as
> in Pascal's original wager - you'll be betting on the lives of


Are you so sure it is true that you'll drink the Kool-Ade..... Make
that leap of faith, bet your life before the facts are in?


> millions of people's lives. Are you willing to take that wager knowing
> that you could be just a issy bittsy WRONG and future generations will
> be cursing your name until the day they die?
> And what would be the expected value of not believing the horseshit
> you're spreading? Well, let's see - cleaner air, fresher water, more
> trees and lakes, healthier people. Even a socialist government run by
> Al Gore and Ted Turner sounds better than food shortages and mass
> starvation, environmental collapse and the continued loss of millions
> of species.
> 20 years from now if I'm right and you're wrong and I get my way
> you'll be driving to you mandatory wildlife appreciation
> indoctrination class in your pollution free hydrogen car. While if I'm
> wrong and you're right and you get your way, 20 years from now all the
> the Northern Hemisphere might be covered under ice and the few
> remaining survivors might be living in caves starving and struggling
> for existence.
>
> Are you still willing to make that Wager???
>
> namaste;
> bodhi
> http://psychedelictourist.blogspot.com
>