wedrifid comments on Selfishness Signals Status - LessWrong

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

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Comment author: wedrifid 09 March 2010 01:09:29AM *  0 points [-]

It is the getting away with it part that suggests high status. Not getting away with it is low status to the extreme!

Comment author: magfrump 09 March 2010 04:45:21PM 1 point [-]

There are two levels of "getting away with it."

That is, while they may not be "getting away with it" in other people's eyes, they aren't appropriately embarrassed by their extreme low status.