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he doesn't have to believe it's worth 10k.

he just has to believe that someone else can be convinced it's worth 11k.




Right, he doesn't have to believe what he stated - "lie" was one of the possibilities I listed. But you can't claim the gesture is meaningless.


Exactly. Take almost any tech startup (Uber for instance, is not worth anywhere near $100B but they've managed to convince investors otherwise)




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