See, this is just a weak argument. This was thousands of words of hypotheses backed up with data and citation. Dismissing it as "blathering" and then demanding I make a bet based on your terms isn't an argument, nor is it a particularly compelling idea - you haven't engaged with my work, nor my arguments, nor my actual ideas.

You are, on some level, suggesting that money is a more compelling argument than an actual argument, because that is your only response.