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Dagon comments on Open thread, Apr. 18 - Apr. 24, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Dagon 21 April 2016 12:59:56AM 1 point [-]

I think it reads better if you say "about signalling" rather than "about status". The relationship to actual status evaulations is murky and complicated. The motivations to affiliate with high-status groups and ideas are much more straightforward.