On bets
For November
With apologies for the tardiness. Also for the subject matter.
But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here…. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up. What will you wager?1
—Blaise Pascal, Pensées 233
On November 23rd, 1654, mathematician Blaise Pascal underwent his private Ni…