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Thread ID: 128074	2012-12-02 05:30:00	Pascal's Wager	Cicero (40)	PC World Chat

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1315890	2012-12-02 05:30:00	I know most of you will be familiar with Pascal, but some may wish learn how to cover their bets. en.wikipedia.org	Cicero (40)
1315891	2012-12-02 06:14:00	Is he the same Pascal with the physics law on pressure or something?	prefect (6291)
1315892	2012-12-02 06:16:00	Yes!	Richard (739)
1315893	2012-12-02 06:18:00	And also Pascal's Theorem...... In projective geometry, Pascal's theorem (aka Hexagrammum Mysticum Theorem) states that if an arbitrary six points are chosen on a conic (i.e., ellipse, parabola or hyperbola) and joined by line segments in any order to form a hexagon, then the three pairs of opposite sides of the hexagon (extended if necessary) meet in three points which lie on a straight line, called the Pascal line of the hexagon. The theorem is valid in the Euclidean plane, but the statement needs to be adjusted to deal with the special cases when opposite sides are parallel.	Richard (739)
1315894	2012-12-02 06:19:00	[QUOTE=Cicero;1133921]I know most of you will be familiar with Pascal, Most of you??? Are you kidding Cic???	Richard (739)
1315895	2012-12-02 07:15:00	Pascal / Niklaus Wirth	mikebartnz (21)
1315896	2012-12-02 07:33:00	Pascal! Didn't they make lollies (sweets)?	gradebdan (2186)
1315897	2012-12-02 07:57:00	[QUOTE=Cicero;1133921]I know most of you will be familiar with Pascal, Most of you??? Are you kidding Cic??? Surely the wager is known, so as to allow us to hedge our bets, not complicated, is it? It posits that there's more to be gained from wagering on the existence of God than from atheism, and that a rational person should live as though God exists, even though the truth of the matter cannot actually be known.	Cicero (40)
1315898	2012-12-02 07:58:00	And also Pascal's Theorem...... In projective geometry, Pascal's theorem (aka Hexagrammum Mysticum Theorem) states that if an arbitrary six points are chosen on a conic (i.e., ellipse, parabola or hyperbola) and joined by line segments in any order to form a hexagon, then the three pairs of opposite sides of the hexagon (extended if necessary) meet in three points which lie on a straight line, called the Pascal line of the hexagon. The theorem is valid in the Euclidean plane, but the statement needs to be adjusted to deal with the special cases when opposite sides are parallel. Where as, I didn't understand a word of that.	Cicero (40)
1315899	2012-12-02 08:12:00	Yeah, but he was wrong, because there isn't one, or he doesn't exist except in the minds of those who believe. Life is hard, then you die. Get over it and grow up. Blaise Pascal was really smart though, he probably had to B.S. or he would have got the chop.	zqwerty (97)
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