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Re:“Sierra… well, it was the poor victim of a hostile takeov... by tmc2 on Friday March 13, 2015 @10:05PM (#9201266)
That's fascinating. I grew up on Sierra logic, and (so?) I take it for granted. Of course I shouldn't eat the pie; I might need it later.

The real world follows this rule, too. Economists call it "time preference."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment

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