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I went to the 2024 Secular Solstice + Rationalist Megameetup in NYC and noticed the proportion of men / masculine-presenting people with long hair at this event was substantially (>3 stdevs) above the national base rate (1-3% depending on source). 
This is not particularly important, but I still found it interesting and wondered why

Hypotheses:
- Coincidence: my sample was anomalous and not representative of the broader rationalist community
- Relative to the rest of the population, people in this community prioritize other things (writing, thinking about existential risk, working on cool projects perhaps) over routine chores (getting a haircut)
- This group has a higher [desire to consciously / tendency to unconsciously] deviate from norms or... (read more)