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Blaise Pascal is famous for 2 things:
This triangle is computed by starting with 1 at the tip, then having each element be the some of its 2 parents (except the diagonal edges with only one parent, which remains as 1)
The natural conclusion is therefore to believe in all gods. If procelatizing happens in just the right way, and no one realizes people are talking about the same god, you end up with a triangle of polytheists, where the number of gods they believe in is given by Pascal's triangle.
Edit: gid -> god
All hail Gid!
Gid is gud
Finally something to believe in.
Thanks! I wasn’t familiar with 1.