People often claim that if someone _really_ believes something, they should be willing to bet on it at commensurate odds. I agree with this when money is clearly a primary motivator for that person. But if it's not, lack of willingness to bet means little about their sincerity
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Note also that I'm not engaged at all with the question of whether a person should care about money or not - I'm assuming as a premise that the person genuinely isn't much interested.
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(This is rare for very large sums, though not unheard of - e.g., I know people who've turned down millions of dollars to live modest lifestyles doing things they like. For small sums, it's not uncommon.)
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There's an old joke in which an oral exam question in mathematics begins "Suppose n is an integer [etc]", and the student replies "But, professor, what if n is not an integer?" Many of the replies to this thread have been of the form "No way could n have been an integer!"
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I'm not interested in whether someone _should_ be motivated by money (which is what you're engaging with). I'm saying: if someone isn't, then this is the situation.
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I'll give you 10 grimblfuls if you can figure out the answer to that question from what I've previously written.
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I don't trust anybody who isn't motivated by grimblfuls.
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I wonder what the grimblful / thoktak exchange rate is?
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If you are not willing to bet, then you must be afraid to lose the thoktak.
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