Since scarcity is the basic economic problem, if it does not exist then there is no reason for my economics course.

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By doing so, Pascal argues, if it turns out that God exists you will spend eternity in heaven, but if it turns out God does not exist, you will have lost nothing.

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Olson says that sort of generalized damage is not adequate to make the legal case: "If it does exist, it is damage to humanity in general, not to Massachusetts, " he says.

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On the other hand, if you live your life as if God does not exist, and it turns out he does, you will have doomed yourself for all eternity.

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"If something is not in the popular imagination, it does not exist, " says Searles.

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And if the new bug does not like the environment in which it has to exist to live well, that will be just too darn bad.

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