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>Putting on formal clothes makes us feel powerful, and that changes the basic way we see the world,... There are occasions when putting on formal clothes makes

>Putting on formal clothes makes us feel powerful, and that changes the basic way we see the world,... There are occasions when putting on formal clothes makes me feel more, well "formal", such as weddings and funerals. The rest of the time they make me feel constrained, confined, not empowered, and just another cog in the machine, i.e. not powerful. >Rutchick and his co-authors found that wearing clothing that’s more formal than usual makes people think more broadly and holistically, rather than narrowly and about fine-grained details. I've certainly never experienced this; I've experienced quite the opposite, in fact! So I suspect that there are some important confounding factors involved! > A suit is a uniform. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9476661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9476661 Yes, but unlike a uniform, when wearing a suit I don't experience any sense of community pride[1]. [1] For me, it was never about "ho ra - go USA"-type, nationalistic pride, rather it was pride in myself and the people around me for helping to defend and serve our countrymen and others, worldwide, who were in need.

jeffreyrogers 11y ago
> The rest of the time they make me feel constrained, confined, not empowered, and just another cog in the machine, i.e. not powerful. I used to feel this way too, but then I got a better fitting suit. Fit makes a huge difference both in how you look and how you feel about what you're wearing since you can stop worrying about whether you look nice or not.
Jedd 11y ago
> > Rutchick and his co-authors found that wearing clothing that’s more > > formal than usual makes people think more broadly and holistically, > > rather than narrowly and about fine-grained details. > > I've certainly never experienced this; I've experienced quite the opposite, in fact! > > So I suspect that there are some important confounding factors involved! Numbers aren't available in the abstract, but I suspect that Rutchick et al's sample set was sufficiently large - at least compared to your sample size (of one). There may be confounding factors, but more data, less anecdote, would be required to substantiate the counter-claim.
- metasean 11y ago
  > So I suspect that there are some important confounding factors involved! Hence, I only "suspect" that there are confounding factors, I do not in fact "claim" that there are confounding factors.

jeffreyrogers 11y ago

> The rest of the time they make me feel constrained, confined, not empowered, and just another cog in the machine, i.e. not powerful. I used to feel this way too, but then I got a better fitting suit. Fit makes a huge difference both in how you look and how you feel about what you're wearing since you can stop worrying about whether you look nice or not.

Jedd 11y ago

> > Rutchick and his co-authors found that wearing clothing that’s more > > formal than usual makes people think more broadly and holistically, > > rather than narrowly and about fine-grained details. > > I've certainly never experienced this; I've experienced quite the opposite, in fact! > > So I suspect that there are some important confounding factors involved! Numbers aren't available in the abstract, but I suspect that Rutchick et al's sample set was sufficiently large - at least compared to your sample size (of one). There may be confounding factors, but more data, less anecdote, would be required to substantiate the counter-claim.

metasean 11y ago
> So I suspect that there are some important confounding factors involved! Hence, I only "suspect" that there are confounding factors, I do not in fact "claim" that there are confounding factors.