JGWeissman comments on The strongest status signals - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JGWeissman 07 March 2010 05:47:30AM 2 points [-]

I never meant to claim that this had actually happened, but that if it ever does happen, it would be a strong signal of status, in part because it doesn't usually happen.

But, to answer you question: Cleopatra. (I am not really sure from the article how much was concurrent, but for other examples, see the article on polyandry.)

Comment author: Jack 07 March 2010 06:03:31AM *  3 points [-]

If we're going to bring up Cleopatra- Other people worship you as a demi-god. seems like a pretty good gender-neutral status indicator.

Comment author: JGWeissman 07 March 2010 06:10:28AM 1 point [-]

I knew I had a good reason for merely claiming I was presenting a stronger signal, not the strongest.