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To me the singular fascinating thing about Johnny was that for all his freakish intelligence and astonishing powers of recall, he apparently took Pascal's Wager
by carapace 5y ago
To me the singular fascinating thing about Johnny was that for all his freakish intelligence and astonishing powers of recall, he apparently took Pascal's Wager on his deathbed, that is, he converted to (IIRC) Catholicism just before he died, in case God does exist (and is Catholic.)
Not to put too fine a point on it: he was a metaphysical dullard!
- smegger001 5y ago>Not to put too fine a point on it: he was a metaphysical dullard! or just hedging his bets.
- oh_sigh 5y agoI don't think he converted as a logical response, but rather because he was scared shitless of not existing(I don't blame him). He also died fairly young, one would have expected him to live another 20 years.