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Are people who dress in spiffy clothing more likely to be trustworthy?
by pjscott 15y ago
Are people who dress in spiffy clothing more likely to be trustworthy?
- unimpressive 15y agoNot necessarily. But people who look good benefit from the halo effect. So they get the trait of trustworthiness attributed to them.
- pjscott 15y agoAh, so it's a trick to exploit people's unreasoning instincts to your own ends. Cool!
- DrJokepu 15y agoI know this might sound shallow but the first time I meet someone, I actually judge that person based on the way he or she dresses (if I suspect that he could afford dressing properly). It tells me whether they care about themselves, whether they have a good taste. Ultimately yes, in my experience, there's a correlation between "spiffy clothing" and "trustworthiness". And I'm convinced that most people do the same, whether they admit it or not.
- rbarooah 15y agoPresumably this means that bankers are, for the most part more trustworthy than programmers.
- nknight 15y ago"Properly"... What is "properly"? How was "properly" determined? What qualifies you to judge whether someone is dressed "properly"?
- DrJokepu 15y agoFashion is clearly very subjective but it is also a visual language. If the way you dress within a context is communicating that you don't care about yourself, you aren't dressed properly.
- nknight 15y agoI wear what is comfortable precisely because I care about myself. By your logic, dressing in any manner other than shorts and t-shirts would either be communicating that I don't care about myself, or would be a lie. See how ridiculous this is?