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Pascal's mugging

philosophical thought experiment: “A mugger, who forgot his weapon, proposes a deal to Pascal: ‘you give me your wallet, and I will give you N times the money, where N is large enough to compensate for the low probability of me honoring the deal’”
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Pascal's mugging

Summary

Pascal's mugging is a thought experiment[1]. It draws 182 Wikipedia views per month (thought_experiment category, ranking #26 of 56).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pascal's mugging's instance of is recorded as thought experiment[3].
  • Blaise Pascal is named after Pascal's mugging[4].
  • Pascal's mugging's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011q28ct[5].
  • Pascal's mugging's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780572255[6].

Why It Matters

Pascal's mugging draws 182 Wikipedia views per month (thought_experiment category, ranking #26 of 56).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

Related Entities

Blaise Pascal

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Pascal's mugging. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/pascal-s-mugging
MLA “Pascal's mugging.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/pascal-s-mugging.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pascal-s-mugging_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Pascal's mugging}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pascal-s-mugging}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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