Chris Koresko contacted me out of the blue to inform me that I had gained a wager towards him. I recognize his integrity–and his reminiscence.
He jogged my memory that we had made the next wager:
I [Chris Koresko] pays you the sum of $25 on or round October 26, 2021 if no nuclear assault has killed 10 or extra individuals anyplace on the planet between now and that date, on the situation that you just comply with pay me the sum of $100 quickly after any such assault happens between now and that date. The wager is nullified if both of us turns into incapacitated or dies earlier than the debt comes due, or if neither of us remembers the wager inside two weeks of the debt coming due.
He wrote me the next:
I appear to recall that some years in the past on EconLog you and I had a wager about whether or not a nuclear alternate would happen someplace on the planet inside the subsequent 10 (?) years. I imagine you gained that wager, and IIRC we wager a bottle of wine.
So I believe I owe you a bottle.
Is there an handle you’d like me to ship it to? Additionally, is there any wine specifically you’d desire?
Congrats on profitable our wager. I’m very glad you probably did!
Chris
I thanked him for his integrity and informed him that he is perhaps shocked on the quantity of people that have reneged on such bets.
I gave him my handle to ship the verify.
However in posting this, I simply observed the clause on the finish. Because of this he owes me zero.
I’ll inform him.
However the extra vital big-picture level is that my optimism was justified.
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