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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(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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