anonym comments on The many faces of status - Less Wrong

39 Post author: Morendil 15 April 2010 03:31PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 15 April 2010 06:01:38PM *  0 points [-]

Sorry, status isn't about self-esteem. Status is about who you feel can beat you up and who you feel you can beat up. Two people meeting for the first time can instantly establish relative status by using body language that you'll find pretty hard to tie to self-esteem.

Comment author: anonym 16 April 2010 03:48:23AM 1 point [-]

Do you mean "physically capable of beating up (regardless of the consequences)" or "beat up and get away with" or something else?