Grann's 2023 narrative history of a British naval disaster off Patagonia in 1741. Reads like a novel; the best historical non-fiction of 2023-25.
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Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument advanced by Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), a French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian. This argument posits that individuals essentially engage in a life-defining gamble regarding the belief in the existence of God.