Suppose you go to a restaurant and buy an expensive meal.  Halfway through, despite feeling quite full, you decide to clean your plate.  After all, you think, you paid for the meal, so you are going to eat all of it. What’s wrong with this thinking?

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Suppose you go to a restaurant and buy an expensive meal.  Halfway through, despite feeling quite full, you decide to clean your plate.  After all, you think, you paid for the meal, so you are going to eat all of it. What’s wrong with this thinking?

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