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    Therefore, the wager's dominance structure cannot be stab... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Outlandish theistic hypotheses should be assigned lower probability than Pascal's God.

    Therefore, the wager's dominance structure cannot be stabilized by assigning lower priors to non-traditional deities without independently justifying those priors on evidential, not traditional, grounds.

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    Key Terms

    Dominance structure(as used in logic and decision theory)
    In decision-making, a situation where one option is clearly better than another because it gives you better outcomes no matter what happens.
    Evidential grounds(as used in epistemology and justification)
    Reasons based on actual evidence or facts, as opposed to tradition, authority, or personal preference.
    Priors(as used in probability and epistemology)
    Your initial assumptions or beliefs about how likely something is before you consider new evidence (like guessing the probability before looking at the facts).
    Stabilized(describing whether pronoun usage has become fixed and universal)
    Become settled, agreed-upon, and unlikely to change—like when a new word or rule becomes standard and accepted by most people.

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    The Wager(as referenced in the statement's main subject)
    An argument by philosopher Blaise Pascal suggesting you should believe in God because the potential reward (eternal happiness) outweighs the risk of being wrong, kind of like a cosmic bet.
    Traditional grounds(as opposed to evidence-based reasoning)
    Reasons based on what people have believed or done historically, simply because 'that's how it's always been.'

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