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the cost of zero cost<br />

pected pleasure for the truffle would now be 36 pleasure<br />

units (50-14), and the total expected pleasure for the Kiss<br />

would now be five pleasure units (5-0). The truffle leads by<br />

the same 31 points, so it should be the same easy choice. The<br />

truffle wins hands down.<br />

This is how the pattern of choice should look, if the only<br />

forces at play were those of a rational cost-benefit analysis.<br />

The fact that the results from our experiments are so different<br />

tells us loud and clear that something else is going on,<br />

and that the price of zero plays a unique role in our decisions.<br />

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