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    "abstract": "In the present article we use the quantum formalism to describe the process\nof choice under rational ignorance. We consider as a basic task a question or\nan issue where the only answers are 0 and 1. We show that under rational\nignorance the opinion state of a person can be described as a qubit state. We\nanalyze the predictions that the quantum formalism give in the study of\nrational ignorance. We find that answers to different uncorrelated questions\nare contextual, that is they are influenced by the previous questions, even if\nuncorrelated. Another interesting prediction is an uncertainty effect which\nholds when we consider the statistical variance of two or more questions under\nrational ignorance.",
    "arxiv_id": "physics/0702163",
    "authors": [
      "Riccardo Franco"
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    "title": "Quantum mechanics and rational ignorance",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0702163"
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