I don’t know how long you’ve held the position, or much care—I don’t think it’s relevant. But it is signaling, I think, for 2 reasons:
Your public concern with saying it’s not signaling is just a way of signaling;
Claiming a certain timespan of belief is just an old locker room way of saying “I got here first.” Which surely is signaling.
This is the sort of thing that causes unnecessary splintering in groups. I have a very visceral reaction to this sort of signaling (which I would label preening, actually). Perhaps I should examine that.
It is likely the case that rhollerith’s moral position contains at least some element of signalling. His expression thereof probably does too. In fact, there are few aspects of social behavior that could be credibly claimed to be devoid of signalling. That said, these points do not impress me in the slightest.
Your public concern with saying it’s not signaling is just a way of signaling;
Yes, public concern surely involves signalling. That doesn’t mean that which is concerned about isn’t also true. Revealing truth is usually an effective form of signalling.
Claiming a certain timespan of belief is just an old locker room way of saying “I got here first.” Which surely is signaling.
It is completely unreasonable to dismiss claims because they are similar to something that was signalling in the locker room. Even the “I got here first” signalling in said locker room quite often accompanies the signaller, in fact, getting there first.
I suspect that you have not become acquainted with my moral position! If you knew my moral position, you would be more likely to say I am ruining the party by crapping in the punchbowl than to say I am preening. (Preen. verb. Congratulate oneself for an accomplishment).
Don’t believe my advocacy of the moral position is not really just signaling or don’t believe I’ve held the moral position since 1992?
I don’t know how long you’ve held the position, or much care—I don’t think it’s relevant. But it is signaling, I think, for 2 reasons:
Your public concern with saying it’s not signaling is just a way of signaling;
Claiming a certain timespan of belief is just an old locker room way of saying “I got here first.” Which surely is signaling.
This is the sort of thing that causes unnecessary splintering in groups. I have a very visceral reaction to this sort of signaling (which I would label preening, actually). Perhaps I should examine that.
It is likely the case that rhollerith’s moral position contains at least some element of signalling. His expression thereof probably does too. In fact, there are few aspects of social behavior that could be credibly claimed to be devoid of signalling. That said, these points do not impress me in the slightest.
Yes, public concern surely involves signalling. That doesn’t mean that which is concerned about isn’t also true. Revealing truth is usually an effective form of signalling.
It is completely unreasonable to dismiss claims because they are similar to something that was signalling in the locker room. Even the “I got here first” signalling in said locker room quite often accompanies the signaller, in fact, getting there first.
I suspect that you have not become acquainted with my moral position! If you knew my moral position, you would be more likely to say I am ruining the party by crapping in the punchbowl than to say I am preening. (Preen. verb. Congratulate oneself for an accomplishment).