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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 20 May 2014 01:33:44PM 4 points [-]

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  • Leader(s) are credited with expertise beyond that convenrional experts in subjects they are not conventionally qualified in.

  • Studying conventional versions of subjects is deprecated in favour of in group versions.

Comment author: JoshuaFox 20 May 2014 06:03:48PM *  2 points [-]

Also:

Associated with non-standard and non-monogamous sexual practices.

(Just some more pattern-matching on top of what you see in the parent and grandparent comment. I don't actually think this is a strong positive indicator.)

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 20 May 2014 06:24:58PM 2 points [-]

The usual version of that indicator is "leader has sex with followers"

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