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Re:Climate models are running red hot, and scientists don’t ... by gus_massa on Monday February 03, 2020 @11:47AM (#22225911)
That is essentially the same argument than in the Pascal's wager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager
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Re:Climate models are running red hot, and scientists don’t ... by anonuser123456 on Monday February 03, 2020 @02:30PM (#22227991)
Not really.

Pascal's wager has no information. You know nothing of the state of god's existence.

The precautionary principle uses current equalibrium as the default.

The current working equalibrium embeds information.

The precautionary principle does not state it will result in the best outcome. Only that it's more likely to not have the worst.

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