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A comment on Knuth on money and dropping out of graduate school.

Re:Knuth on money and dropping out of graduate school by alderssc on Tuesday May 03, 2011 @02:35AM (#2509204)
Knuth's observation on money appears to be explained by the economic 'law' of diminishing marginal utility.
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Re:Knuth on money and dropping out of graduate school by zem on Tuesday May 03, 2011 @07:39AM (#2509580)
why the scare quotes around "law"? it's a universal enough facet of human psychology that the word seems perfectly applicable.
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