dxu comments on Is arrogance a symptom of bad intellectual hygeine? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: dxu 22 March 2015 09:00:31PM 1 point [-]

It has an obvious disadvantage of alienating people, but it must have some kind of advantage or people wouldn't do it.

Advantage: a successful display of arrogance could elevate one's social status? That's the first explanation that leapt to my mind, anyway.

Comment author: Lumifer 23 March 2015 04:01:45PM 1 point [-]

a successful display of arrogance could elevate one's social status?

Yes, very much so. Arrogance is a high-risk strategy, though -- if you are shown wrong, your fall is very painful.