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You think status signaling isn't part of biology? That it just happened to independently appear in every human culture and many animals that we are aware of?
by xboxnolifes 3mo ago
You think status signaling isn't part of biology? That it just happened to independently appear in every human culture and many animals that we are aware of?
- xtiansimon 3mo ago> “…status signaling isn't part of biology?” It’s just a short-cut. The most ostentatious courtships of bird species are found in populations without significant predators. Evolution has granted this as advantage, because they don’t need to screech and squawk and hide from predators. Take the Birds-of-paradise from New Guinea as the archetype.
- xboxnolifes 3mo agoI will take the birds of paradise as the extreme, single example of signaling that it is. Of course signaling is a short cut. You cant transmit your entire lifes experiences to another people in an instant. You signal and read signals.
- xtiansimon 3mo ago> "extreme, single example of signaling" It’s not the extreme outcome that’s the offered exception to your rule. It’s the absence of predators. Humans, of course, can make choices and cycle faster. Lease that expensive truck you can't afford to signal your virility? But now you have to work like a dog to keep it from being repossessed. How's your work-life? How's your marriage? Do you see? Trade-offs. Choices. Our predators are algorithms processing your debt data in the hands of your employer. It doesn't have to be that way. You can make different choices. You can take the bus.
- Terr_ 3mo ago> Evolution has granted this as advantage, because they don’t need to screech and squawk and hide from predators. It could be demand rather than leisure: "I survived" doesn't work to signal fitness, so they develop something else to fill the need.