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Pascal's mugging

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Pascal's mugging is a thought experiment in decision theory and ethics that illustrates a potential problem in utilitarian reasoning and situations involving infinite value. The term is named after the mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal, though the concept is more closely associated with the work of philosopher Eliezer Yudkowsky.

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