(Are there perhaps other possibilities I'm missing?)
Perhaps this as well:
This seems very useful in times of revolutionary change and might explain why large groups of people update so rapidly when the old set point seems to be loosing but still has the upper hand. Trying to change a respectable opinion to a different setting seems a viable way dislodge and disrupt older alliances (as the members will not update simultaneously) allowing new actors to gain power and status rapidly. This may be particularly useful for anyone who "belonged, or still belongs simultaneously, to non-mainstream social circles (or alien societies) that have different status criteria for beliefs".
This is thread where I'm trying to figure out a few things about signalling on LessWrong and need some information, so please immediately after reading about the two individuals please answer the poll. The two individuals:
A. Sees that an interpretation of reality shared by others is not correct, but tries to pretend otherwise for personal gain and/or safety.
B. Fails to see that an interpretation of reality is shared by others is flawed. He is therefore perfectly honest in sharing the interpretation of reality with others. The reward regime for outward behaviour is the same as with A.
To add a trivial inconvenience that matches the inconvenience of answering the poll before reading on, comments on what I think the two individuals signal,what the trade off is and what I speculate the results might be here versus the general population, is behind this link.