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    Challenges→A reformulation of how prospects of infinite rewards are compared can resolve both the mixed-strategies objection and the many Gods objection to Pascal's Wager

    A reformulated comparison method that assigns lexical or hyperreal values to infinite prospects still cannot escape the result that infinitely many mixed strategies remain rationally equivalent to pure belief.

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    Hyperreal values(as used in mathematical logic and decision theory)
    Numbers that go beyond regular infinity in a mathematical way, allowing for infinitely small and infinitely large quantities to be compared precisely.
    Infinite prospects(as used in decision theory)
    Possible outcomes or scenarios that are endless in number—so many possibilities that you could never finish listing them all.
    Lexical values(as used in decision theory and comparisons)
    A way of ranking or ordering things in a strict priority list, where the first item always matters most, then the second, and so on—like how a dictionary organizes words alphabetically.
    Mixed strategies(as used in game theory and rational decision-making)
    A plan where you randomly choose between different actions according to certain odds, rather than always doing the same thing.

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    Pure belief(as used in epistemology and decision theory)
    Sticking completely and consistently with one single choice or conviction, without mixing it with other options.
    Rationally equivalent(as used in rationality and decision theory)
    Two options that are equally reasonable to choose because they make just as much sense from a logical standpoint.

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