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As mentioned in the title text, this is similar to {{w|Pascal's Wager}}. {{w|Blaise Pascal}} was a French philosopher and mathematician who discussed the issue of the possibility that God actually does exist or not. According to Pascal, a rational person should live as though (a Christian) God exists, because he would lose negligible things if this turns out not to be true, but would gain immensely if it is true, by going to heaven in the afterlife. As Pascal himself recognized, this is not a proof of any god's existence, Christian or otherwise, but rather an inexorable choice made by every human being. Cueball makes a similar choice here, though hardly for such a moral reason. | As mentioned in the title text, this is similar to {{w|Pascal's Wager}}. {{w|Blaise Pascal}} was a French philosopher and mathematician who discussed the issue of the possibility that God actually does exist or not. According to Pascal, a rational person should live as though (a Christian) God exists, because he would lose negligible things if this turns out not to be true, but would gain immensely if it is true, by going to heaven in the afterlife. As Pascal himself recognized, this is not a proof of any god's existence, Christian or otherwise, but rather an inexorable choice made by every human being. Cueball makes a similar choice here, though hardly for such a moral reason. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | :[ | + | :[Above the two panel comic:] |
:Now and then, I announce "I know you're listening" to empty rooms. | :Now and then, I announce "I know you're listening" to empty rooms. | ||
| − | + | :[Cueball is sitting in an armchair, reading. He murmurs something.] | |
| − | :[Cueball is sitting in an armchair, reading. He murmurs something | + | :[Second Cueball like surveillance man with headphones jumps out of chair in front of a large computer terminal after hearing Cueball's mumble. His chair has fallen over.] |
| − | + | :[Below the two panel comic:] | |
| − | :[ | + | :If I'm wrong, no one knows. |
| − | + | :And if I'm right, maybe I just freaked | |
| − | :[ | + | :the hell out of some secret organization. |
| − | :If I'm wrong, no one knows. And if I'm right, maybe I just freaked the hell out of some secret organization. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*This comic has a clear resemblance to the [[:Category:My Hobby|My Hobby]] series. This would also make it clear the Cueball in this comic is actually [[Randall]]. | *This comic has a clear resemblance to the [[:Category:My Hobby|My Hobby]] series. This would also make it clear the Cueball in this comic is actually [[Randall]]. | ||
*10 years later Randall made a similar comic: [[2203: Prescience]]. | *10 years later Randall made a similar comic: [[2203: Prescience]]. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
