Magnetic Bracelets

[markemark]

In his posthumously published work, Pensées ("Thoughts"), Pascal presented this argument using decision theory, a field he helped to pioneer. He reasoned that when faced with the question of God's existence, a person has two choices: to believe in God or not. He then laid out the potential outcomes in a "wager" format:

• If you believe in God and God exists: You gain infinite reward (eternal life in heaven).
• If you do not believe in God and God exists: You face infinite loss (eternal damnation).
• If you believe in God and God does not exist: You lose nothing of real value (a finite amount of earthly pleasures).
• If you do not believe in God and God does not exist: You gain nothing.

Pascal concluded that from a purely rational and self-interested perspective, the most logical choice is to believe in God, because the potential gain is infinite and the potential loss is minimal, while the alternative has either a neutral or an infinitely negative outcome.

Fell free to live a pious life according to the bible. I’ll have an awful lot more fun and we’ll face the same ending. Nothingness.

 

[Webbo2]

some people seem to genuinely feel/think they help, some people say otherwise.

they're cheap as chips so hardly a 'con', you might waste a fiver if it has no effect.

Where as for a fiver you could get a few bags of chips which I suspect might have a greater effect on your well being than a bracelet. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[roubaixtuesday]

they're cheap as chips so hardly a 'con'

Selling something known not to work to the gullible is pretty much the precise definition of a con.

Anyway, if you transfer me a tenner, I'll send you a magic elastic band.

Or for ten grand, a magnificent bridge.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

In his posthumously published work, Pensées ("Thoughts"), Pascal presented this argument using decision theory, a field he helped to pioneer. He reasoned that when faced with the question of God's existence, a person has two choices: to believe in God or not. He then laid out the potential outcomes in a "wager" format:

• If you believe in God and God exists: You gain infinite reward (eternal life in heaven).
• If you do not believe in God and God exists: You face infinite loss (eternal damnation).
• If you believe in God and God does not exist: You lose nothing of real value (a finite amount of earthly pleasures).
• If you do not believe in God and God does not exist: You gain nothing.

Pascal concluded that from a purely rational and self-interested perspective, the most logical choice is to believe in God, because the potential gain is infinite and the potential loss is minimal, while the alternative has either a neutral or an infinitely negative outcome.

Yes but what if God exists but it/he/she is not the one you think exists

There are many many Gods
a lot of them seem the same - but if we are to believe some of the preachers you have to be in the right church to be a proper believer

so - overall it is best to not believe
they at least you are not damned for believing in the wrong one which is a "direct to Hell - do not collect etc etc etc)
and try to live a good life and hope that is what whatever god actually exists wants

probably

I guess we will all find out - or not is there is no afterlife

 

[Drago]

There is only one God...

 

[MontyVeda]

Where as for a fiver you could get a few bags of chips which I suspect might have a greater effect on your well being than a bracelet. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

yeah but the thread isn't about chips.

All I'm saying is, if the OP is curious, they're cheap. give it a go and make their own mind up.
It's not like they're considering signing up for a twelve week course with chiropractor at £54 a session.

 

[Webbo2]

yeah but the thread isn't about chips.

All I'm saying is, if the OP is curious, they're cheap. give it a go and make their own mind up.
It's not like they're considering signing up for a twelve week course with chiropractor at £54 a session.

True but that 12 week course might actually give them some benefit.

 

[Dogtrousers]

My grandad had a copper bracelet I seem to remember. Not sure if it had magnets.

Anyway, he died in 1981. So they are not guaranteed to confer eternal life. (Unless, perhaps, he had stopped using it, and that's why he died.)

 

[Dogtrousers]

True but that 12 week course might actually give them some benefit.

He did say chiropractor.

 

[Webbo2]

My grandad had a copper bracelet I seem to remember. Not sure if it had magnets.

Anyway, he died in 1981. So they are not guaranteed to confer eternal life. (Unless, perhaps, he had stopped using it, and that's why he died.)

Also it might not have given any life length if he was born in 1960 ish.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Also it might not have given any life length if he was born in 1960 ish.

Unlikely, that would have meant he was born after his first grandchild. Which would have been unusual, even for my grandad.

As I recall he was too young for WWI and too old for WWII so he was probably about 80 when he died.

Were it not for that copper bracelet he would maybe have died much earlier.

 

[MadMalx]

He did say chiropractor.

Everyone I know that has visited a chiropractor has been told their spine is out of alignment and the only way is to keep transferring money from their bank account to the chiropractor until it's sorted

 

[Webbo2]

Everyone I know that has visited a chiropractor has been told their spine is out of alignment and the only way is to keep transferring money from their bank account to the chiropractor until it's sorted

You must live somewhere South of Watford.😉

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Everyone I know that has visited a chiropractor has been told their spine is out of alignment and the only way is to keep transferring money from their bank account to the chiropractor until it's sorted

There is no good evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective in helping manage lower back pain.[12][9] A 2011 critical evaluation of 45 systematic reviews concluded that the data included in the study "fail[ed] to demonstrate convincingly that spinal manipulation is an effective intervention for any

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[Ming the Merciless]

Fell free to live a pious life according to the bible. I’ll have an awful lot more fun and we’ll face the same ending. Nothingness.

That’s not what he argued.