.@KevinSimler Interesting, but prestige goes to folks w/ un-useful skills, such as musicians, & to folks in rival groups, who won't help us.
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@robinhanson Is music useless? It may be to you (and me), but others seem to value it with an intensity I can't fathom. Music is just weird! - 1 more reply
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@KevinSimler Babbler example is a bit confusing. So they have both a dominance dynamic and a prestige dynamic? Shouldn't they be at odds? -
@vgr Sorry it's confusing. Yes babblers have both dominance and prestige. Dominance explains mostly who mates and who wins in showdowns. - 1 more reply
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@KevinSimler I bet@robinhanson would enjoy reading this. -
@Chris_Said Funny you should mention Robin.... He's not only a huge influence, but my co-author for our upcoming book :).
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@KevinSimler Very, very good stuff -
@CTZN5 Thanks! Glad you found it useful.
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@KevinSimler How does the alliance hypothesis explain our admiration of people we will never meet? -
@KevinSimler Maybe it's just a holdover from our small community ancestral past? - 1 more reply
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