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Originally Posted by Marth  I've had some real problems with this question: What is genuine value? What outside of food, drink, shelter & growth is valuable. |
I've also dealt with this. Value is whatever you think is valuable. The cost of the materials is often divorced from the final market value (ie what someone is willing to pay for). For example, if I offered to sell you a piece of canvas with some oils on it, which are worth maybe 10 dollars in materials cost, for 100 million dollars, would you think I was crazy? What if I told you it was the Mona Lisa or other famous portrait. Then you might go...that's a good deal!
All value requires a consciousness to recognize it, even the value of food, drink, shelter are valuable insofar as there is a creature that wants it. There is no "objective" criteria of value.