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by pitaj 752 days ago
It's really about the leading digit being one less. Our intuitive sense of quantity knows that 1X is always greater than 0Y, and that on average given random X and Y, 1X is three times 0Y.

Our mind is a superposition of intuitive sense and reason, so even when we can reason that they're very close in price, our intuitive sense still plays into our decision-making. That's my theory anyways.