Let's look at this from the standpoint of Pascal's Wager. If reading hackernews gives you brain cancer, you could save your life by not reading it. If reading

Let's look at this from the standpoint of Pascal's Wager. If reading hackernews gives you brain cancer, you could save your life by not reading it. If reading hackernews doesn't give you brain cancer, you've given up on a minor pleasure, but in the grand scheme of things, you've lost nothing. So, why not cut back and avoid hackernews as if it gives your brain cancer? ... I don't think Pascal's Wager is a good reason to do anything. It can be used to justify anything: there are an infinite amount of potential bad things that can happen.