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This is really interesting in light of the studies suggesting that tall people are more successful. Those results almost always claim that it's an externally m
by Bartweiss 11y ago
This is really interesting in light of the studies suggesting that tall people are more successful.
Those results almost always claim that it's an externally mediated result (i.e. that we respect tall people more because they're tall). This would suggest that it might be an internally mediated result (i.e. that tall people are more confident). That would make a lot of sense to me, since we tend to be more acutely aware of our own height than other's heigh.
- amelius 11y agoI can see a business opportunity here: If you are a rich parent and your kid is too small, just buy him classmates that are even smaller :)
- Bartweiss 11y agoNapoleon syndrome as a service?
- maxerickson 11y agoThousands of children get HGH injections to increase their height.
- klipt 11y agoOr just inject your kid with growth hormone - it's one of the primary determiners of human height. Of course, physicians will only prescribe it if it's deemed medically necessary, i.e. your kid is way at the bottom of the height percentiles. "Not tall enough to be a CEO" isn't considered a medical condition.
- jdmichal 11y agoIt could also be a feedback loop. Tall people are more successful because they are more respected/confident because they are more successful... So if the ongoing function is self-sustaining, that would make the question, what's the original impetus?
- Mendenhall 11y agoWar