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Old October 5th, 2004, 02:20 PM
Willi & Sue
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Default Too Much Equipment and other musings...(long)

Jeff Miller wrote:



Willi & Sue wrote:


People tend to value things they paid for more highly than things that
were given to them for free by a stranger.


yet another characterisic revealing the limits of many human animals, imo.

jeff



I agree, but I think it's true none the less at least in a capitalistic
society. It's alot easier to rate or value an object based on how much
it costs rather than based on the intrinsic quality of the object.

Willi