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I am usually not a fan of analogies but i really like this one.

OTOH, don't underestimate how different other people's values might be.

I suspect people who do this do it for status. Just like having a bookshelf full of books they have never read, this is a cheap 80:20 optimization to appear well-read without putting in the time.



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