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bcoates on Dec 3, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: No Girls Allowed

Advertising can perform a signalling function without anybody involved being irrational.

runarberg on Dec 3, 2013 [–]

Doesn't falsify my point.

If everybody was rational, then no advertising would perform signalling function if it wouldn't serve to maximize our utility.

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