Calvin and Hobbes on Pascal's wager

Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes and Gary Larson's The Far Side are my favorite cartoon strips.

What's great about them is that they make you think aside from making you chuckle.

In the topmost strip, the ever-philosophical Calvin used Pascal's wager to explain why he thinks it makes sense to believe in Santa Claus.

Well while we are at it, let's look at two more strips above that touch on the deeper meaning of life :)

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[Image: Bill Watterson/ United Press Syndicate]

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Comments

[roy]

How 'bout that. Calvin and Hobbes remains far and away my favorite cartoon. Watterson's choice of names and subsequent character development prove he's brilliant. I admire Gary Trudeau who, despite his political bent, proves repeatedly clever. Even if satirical attacks (Trudeau)are accomplished much more easily than reasoned defense (Thomas Sowell), Trudeau still demands recognition of his insight. (What a contrast to the Mallard Fillmore strip.) But Watterson's far better, so good that I'd love to see him make me admire him less by failing in political based cartoons. (Can't help but remember Calvin and his female nemesis, Susie, where she's president of the USA and he's her husband. For 6 panels, anyway, before he ends the relationship.) Maybe Watterson thinks politics below his radar, of no concern, when he can concentrate on subjects like the existence of God.

Been away from net connections a month. Good to find cosmology curiosity still thinking.

[CC]

good to have you back, roy.

yes, watterson's river sure runs deep. and he's a fine graphic artist too. excellent combination.

[Wade]

lol funnyest i have seen in a while