wedrifid comments on You can't signal to rubes - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 04 January 2013 02:05:10AM 0 points [-]

Successful dominance isn't what's being signaled; "successful dominance" IS the signal. "Good at leadership" is what's being signalled.

Saying that instead of what you actually said would have saved me a whole lot of trouble.

Comment author: ialdabaoth 04 January 2013 02:07:38AM -1 points [-]

I thought that's what I did say; I apologize if I was unclear. My brain isn't what it used to be, so clear communication is sometimes a struggle.