A wager is a fool's argument.
Meaning: Betting replaces reasoned debate with mere chance, revealing intellectual bankruptcy when stakes substitute for evidence.
Origin: From 'A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases' (1870). Public domain.
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