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The calculus of ignorance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2022

Thomas T. Hills
Thomas T. Hills*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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E-mail: t.t.hills@warwick.ac.uk
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Behavioural Public Policy , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , July 2023 , pp. 846 - 850
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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