Dares are social signaling at its purest

post by morganism · 2017-01-03T22:48:24.473Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 3 comments

This is a link post for http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/05/05/dares-costly-signals-and-psychopaths/

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comment by Manfred · 2017-01-03T23:24:44.265Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Nice find!

comment by morganism · 2017-01-03T22:57:15.504Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

"The kind of reputation play exemplified by dares allows children to practice risk, negotiation, and social signaling. They define themselves and their groups through their speech acts and actions. Social standing and belonging have been so important to survival that they are worth risking death and injury in order to maintain."

"Dares, in other words, are a psychopath test. They allow the opportunity to scrutinize people’s displays of social emotions on demand, rather than having to wait for an aversive event to happen. "

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comment by Viliam · 2017-01-07T23:37:59.498Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Note: The Psychopath Code mentioned in the article is freely available. I liked the book.