Not many people combine these 2 subjects.
Nassim Taleb is a controversial but influential and entertaining intellectual whose views on probability and 'decision-making under uncertainty' are outlined in his best-selling book 'The Black Swan: the Impact of the Highly Improbable'.
In this short clip he derides those skeptics who criticise religion on rational grounds while putting their faith in the stockmarket.
A full version of the lecture which was presented as part of a Long Now Foundation series is available here - but you might want to hunker down for it, it's an hour and half long.
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