You may remember the recommendation from the recent Spectator article on the subject of Muslim fundamentalist nutters: Let us laugh at their beards, scorn their belief that martyrs will be attended by 72 virgins in heaven… Well, it seems that Glenn Whitman of Agoraphilia heeded their advice and did what only an economist could – he pondered the economics of 72 virgins in an infinite afterlife:
If you were a Muslim, and you died and went to the Muslim heaven, how would you space out your enjoyment of the 72 virgins? Suppose that you actually find virginity desirable, and suppose that the virgins’ maidenheads are not magically restored periodically. If the afterlife has infinite duration, then no matter how long you wait to deflower your 72nd virgin, you’ll still be looking at an infinitely long virgin-less future thereafter.
What a truly dismal outlook. Read the rest – economic science at its hilarious best.
(For best results read while listening: Danse Macabre – C. Saint-Saëns / F. Liszt – arranged by V. Horowitz.)
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