This post, is dedicated to possibly my only reader left, Remy =)
If you actually want a shoutout on my hopeless blog, just tag.

Since this post is dedicated to Remy, I shall deal with Remy-like things. None of your lovey-dovey animal talk, but rather i shall discuss incentive, since Remy is so into it.

I believe that many people out there, understand theory well enough. You learn how something works, giving you a speck of understanding on how life works. Congratulations! Depressingly, most of these people out there, who understand the theory well enough have little to no ability in applying it to everyday mechanisms.
I confess, i too am guilty of not applying my knowledge into the things i do (most commonly seen in me not applying my music theory into my music)
Therefore, i believe in constantly reminding myself and in this case my reader/s about the importance of actively applying what you know.

Many of you have heard of the bestseller, Freakonimics. Fewer of you have read the first chapter and even fewer of you, have completed the book.
If you have read the first chapter, you know that the authors discuss the importance of incentive in our lives, breaking it down, purely for the sake of convenience into economic,social and moral incentives, more often than not, overlapping each other.

Remember. This is a post dedicated to Remy in which i will discuss Remyish things, therefore, i shall take us through the process of questioning God. Perhaps Remy, this is why you should believe. Assuming God exists, surely he is an incomprehensible entity. You cannot understand god, nor what he does and although he is all mighty and all powerful, the vastness of his power is beyond imagination because surely we cannot imagine the universe and god is definitely bigger than that. Assuming we go to heaven or experience some sort of glorification in death, we are left with the choice of believing whether god exists or not.

When faced with such a situation, surely we should believe in God's existence. After all, it is a gain all or lose nothing situation. Assuming God truly exists, we gain everything. After all, isnt the attainment of anything and everything the ultimate incentive? However, if god doesn't exist, we lose nothing, therefore, the absence of any disincentive. With such a profit at the cost of merely believing, isnt the most rationale choice to believe? This is actually a simplified version of Pascal's wager in which i attempted to explain using incentives as a medium.

Notably, there are some flaws and loopholes in this theory, the most obvious being that the existence of god does not equate to eternal bliss after death. I believe that god is good (apply same theory here and you will understand why you should believe that god is good) but the theory crumbles if we do not experience heaven even if we believe.
Also, the theory only applies for believing in God as there is no disincentive in believing. However, if a religion requires practice, disincentives will automatically surface.

Interestingly enough, if we factor in the existence of hell, we have an even greater incentive in believing in God. After all, it becomes a gain everything, lose nothing or gain everything, lose everything scenario.


A little disorganized, but i'm sure you understand my train of thought. Feel free to point out more loopholes in this discussion. I believe that there are more loopholes which i have not covered.

You know whats funny? While this theory or rather Pascal's wager argues for belief in God, religious enthusiasts and fundumentalists discredit and denounce it. Why? They do not believe in a logical and rationale approach towards finding ones belief in god, but rather endorse only a spiritual search in realizing one's belief.
You know whats even funnier? If you delve a little into the metaphysical realm, you will find that these fundumentalists which denounce Pascal's Wager are actually employing Pascal's wager itself, except that this time, there is an added step. After realizing rationally that you should believe in God, they decide that its not enough to be rationale, thus they go spiritual. See the huge irony here?