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Comment author: ChristianKl 02 April 2015 01:37:54PM 2 points [-]

Even though ethics courses cannot override instinctive feelings they ought to have an effect on carefully thought out plans like this.

Why?

If you spend hours and hours wondering whether pimping around an BMW X7 should be one of your long-time goals or not, perhaps something a teacher said about zero-sum goals may have an effect.

Did you change anyone's plans considering buying a BMW X7 by telling them about zero-sum games?

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