There's a whole branch of experimental psychology dealing with how people vary their perception of an object's worth by how it is presented, and there's ample evidence that people actually do enjoy and receive more pleasure from consuming lousy wine they think is fine wine, than fine wine they think is lousy wine. I suppose that's irrational, but if it's how we're wired, is rationality relevant?
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