Take, for instance, this kitten. It sure is great to be saved by a hero of justice, isn't it? However, inside the rescued creature's mind, a belief is now forming that, should it fall in trouble, a miraculous being will come once again to
However, that doesn't mean counterfeits will always perform worse than the originals, if we're just talking numbers. If both of them perform equally well, it's not the objects themselves that decide which is better, but the audience.