ciphergoth comments on Thoughts on status signals - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RobinHanson 24 March 2009 12:40:40PM 2 points [-]

I am trying to politely tell you that you have a lot to learn about signaling. Suits and smiles do credibly signal things. And the larger point is that the ability of a signal to work usually has little to do with how long it has been around or who knows that it is a signal.

Comment author: ciphergoth 24 March 2009 01:18:09PM 1 point [-]

What should we be reading to provide the necessary background and convince ourselves of these things?