Liron comments on Selfishness Signals Status - LessWrong

-1 Post author: Liron 07 March 2010 03:38AM

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Comment author: Liron 07 March 2010 04:36:20AM 0 points [-]

Standing up straight is higher-status than the way a lot of people are slouching, but yes, a relaxed standing posture is typical and higher-status. Look at Michaelangelo's David, that's what I mean.

The problem with standing up fully straight is that it's not a relaxed, pleasant behavior. It's perceived as contrived to influence influential others.

Comment author: JGWeissman 07 March 2010 04:55:58AM 2 points [-]

So, by "standing up straight", you meant something like military "at attention" (which signals the high status of one's leader or group, but not the signaling individual)? That is not how I read it initially at all. I was thinking, as opposed to slouching.