Pascal's Wager

Pascal's Wager (or Pascal's Gambit) the name for an idea, Blaise Pascal-A FAMOUS FRENCH MATHEMATICIAN had. He said that it is not possible to prove that God exists. Therefore, people must make a betI.E.YOU'D BETTER BELIEVE IN GOD. If God existed, and the person believed in god, he would be rewarded (with happiness-MEANS ETERNAL BLISS forever)& IF YOU ARE WRONG ,IT WOULDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN ANYWAY; if the person did not believe, he would be punished (with what is called eternal damnation). If God did not exist it would make no difference. For this reason, it would be better to believe in God, Pascal said.

This idea was very important for the time, because it did new things with probability theory. It is also one of the first tries to use the concept of infinity, and the first use of decision theory. It was important for other philosophers who developed the ideas of pragmatism and voluntarism.