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Blaise Pascal
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1. Blaise Pascal

2. Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal (French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher and theologian) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher and theologian. He is credited with the following inventions/discoveries.

3. Briefness
It takes time to make things more concise - whether it be computer programs or letters - and still convey the desired meanings.

Blaise Pascal (French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher and theologian) was the inventor of the calculator and other inventions, wrote the following (in French), from Wikipedia.
French: Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.

Literal translation: I made this one [letter] longer only because I have not had the leisure to make it shorter.

This could be translated as follows. I would have written a shorter letter but I did not have time.

How might this idea expressed by Blaise Pascal relate to the writing style of John and the final verse of John?

Information sign More: John 21:24-25 Giving way to the gospel writing style of John

4. Pascal programming language
In the 1970's, the Pascal programming language, invented by Niklaus Wirth, was named after Blaise Pascal.

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5. Pascal's wager
Decision treePascal's wager claims to prove that belief in God is rational goes something like the following.

If you believe, and God exists, you have a lot to gain (i.e., heaven). If you disbelieve, and God exists, you have a lot to lose (i.e., hell).

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