Do you simply think $1000 wouldn’t be nearly-lifesaving money for the authors? If so, I think you’ve kind of missed the point; you’ve replied to “X might not be true, e.g. in situation Y” by saying “but Y probably doesn’t apply”. Okay, but X still might not be true.
Or do you think $1000 is no-skin-in-the-game / not-even-mildly-serious money for the authors? If so I think you’re probably wrong, and even more probably overconfident.
(I object mostly to the “at least mildly serious” part. I’m in a position where $1000 wouldn’t make a noticeable difference to my life, so maybe it wouldn’t be skin in the game for me. But I’m still not going to throw away $1000 on a bet I’m not even mildly serious about.)
(Also: it feels distasteful to me to speculate about the authors’ wealth here, and this kind of conversation feels like it’s going to put pressure on them to share. I want to disavow that pressure, though I acknowledge the question is relevant.)
Do you simply think $1000 wouldn’t be nearly-lifesaving money for the authors? If so, I think you’ve kind of missed the point; you’ve replied to “X might not be true, e.g. in situation Y” by saying “but Y probably doesn’t apply”. Okay, but X still might not be true.
Or do you think $1000 is no-skin-in-the-game / not-even-mildly-serious money for the authors? If so I think you’re probably wrong, and even more probably overconfident.
(I object mostly to the “at least mildly serious” part. I’m in a position where $1000 wouldn’t make a noticeable difference to my life, so maybe it wouldn’t be skin in the game for me. But I’m still not going to throw away $1000 on a bet I’m not even mildly serious about.)
(Also: it feels distasteful to me to speculate about the authors’ wealth here, and this kind of conversation feels like it’s going to put pressure on them to share. I want to disavow that pressure, though I acknowledge the question is relevant.)