Posted: 7/22/2009 2:48:53 PM EDT
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On the tip of my tongue...
What is the philosophical precept called which acknowledges that while God's existence is ultimately unknowable, it is best to act as if there is a God? Thanks in advance. |
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Pascal's Wager
Edit for the Wiki link. ETA: Pascal's Wager is really a subset of the MiniMax method of optimizing; here you're trying to minimize your maximum regret. Amazing all the things I learned (and remembered!) from that damn Quantitative Methods for Decision Making course I had to take in college. |
