{"id":121856,"date":"2014-05-27T15:09:42","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T15:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=121856"},"modified":"2014-05-27T15:09:42","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T15:09:42","slug":"why-freedom-of-choice-is-just-an-illusion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=121856","title":{"rendered":"Why freedom of choice is just an Illusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/financesonline.com\/uploads\/illusion-of-choice.jpg?resize=537%2C2993\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"2993\" \/><\/p>\n<p>via<a href=\"http:\/\/comparisons.financesonline.com\/top-grocery-brands-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> comparisons.financesonline.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=51484\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Why freedom of choice is just an Illusion<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Curious Brain<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>via comparisons.financesonline. 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