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The Effect of Autism Community and Pascal's Wager
31:54 - 37:19 (05:24)
This podcast discusses the idea of Pascal's Wager and the importance of building a community like the autism community that helps reinforce positivity for doing good. Also touched on is how psychological biases can result in not giving back as much as one should.
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The talk delves into effective altruism, addressing psychological barriers and tactics for aspiring philanthropists to maximize their social impact in solving the world's biggest problems like eradicating malaria.
31:54 - 35:05 (03:10)
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The talk delves into effective altruism, addressing psychological barriers and tactics for aspiring philanthropists to maximize their social impact in solving the world's biggest problems like eradicating malaria.
ChapterThe Effect of Autism Community and Pascal's Wager
Episode#120: Will MacAskill on Effective Altruism, Y Combinator, and Artificial Intelligence
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The concept of Pascal's Wager is based on the probability of the existence of God and the infinite amount of happiness.
35:08 - 37:19 (02:10)
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The concept of Pascal's Wager is based on the probability of the existence of God and the infinite amount of happiness. Similarly, the Mugger's Fallacy is a modern version where the eerie figure approaches and gives you the option of infinite happiness for the finite amount of money you give today.