We need to replace the term "virtue signalling" with something clearer. The thoughtful @ciphergoth has suggested "piety contest" - an improvement.
I'll suggest we build on the original term. Call out "empty virtue signalling."https://twitter.com/bernybelvedere/status/1362856519956647936 …
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Replying to @thatMikeBishop @ciphergoth
"Signalling" implies "empty". If the signal is true (people witness your loyalty and honor) then it's not signalling, it's exercise of virtue. By contrast virtue signalling implies a different set of virtues that consist of believing the right things.
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"Signalling" does not imply empty in, like, the actual literature!! (Maybe it does on this website, but the corruption of previously meaningful words into mere infoweapons is why this website is evil)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_theory#Honest_signals …
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Have to get to the object level for this. You can in theory virtue signal for actual virtues - conspicuously bear costs simply to demonstrate commitment to actual virtues but for the most part actual virtues aren't easy to signal so the "virtues" that get signaled are beliefs.
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You could argue that the memetic evolutionary pressure was to converge on an set of venerated virtues specifically because they're easy to signal in terms of bearing costs but hard to signal without a good level of verbal intelligence.
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