According to pascal perrineau , a political scientist , as many as 11.5m voters who had backed mr sarkozy for the presidency in 2007 failed to support the ump this time .
And pascal a mathematician and physicist perceived such a strong religious need that he made a bet that was as famous as it was questionable arguing that one can lose nothing but gain everything by believing in god .
The second reason is an economic equivalent of pascal 's wager : if the world is about to collapse into anarchy and nothing can be done , there is no benefit in predicting it .
第二个原因是经济学的帕斯卡赌注:如果世界将陷入无政府状态,所有事业都将停顿,那么预测它也毫无益处。
Bayes was one of two main influences on the early development of probability theory and statistics . The other was blaise pascal , a frenchman .
Despite this , the wto 's chief , pascal lamy , remains upbeat .
尽管如此,wto总干事帕斯卡拉米仍保持乐观。
They need to shift from obstinate posturing to working together as strategic problem-solvers , helped by pascal lamy , the able director-general of the world trade organisation .
Officials in europe say pascal lamy , wto director - general , has warned there is no point going ahead with the meeting in december without a more ambitious proposal .