Fair enough; I tried to acknowledge that in my original comment. Specifically I find signaling that's prioritized over increasing competency or without true int

Fair enough; I tried to acknowledge that in my original comment. Specifically I find signaling that's prioritized over increasing competency or without true interest in whatever is being used as a signal repellant. The opinion I expressed was genuine, and not put out there solely in search of validation or increasing my social standing, but I don't deny the fact that I was engaging in a form of signaling. I was asking in part because I was skeptical about the claim that most are deluded and unaware of their own signaling. I think more people are aware of it than this article would suggest, and that they just don't talk about it. But I don't have any evidence either way.