Practice coming across as “eccentric” rather than “kooky” when explaining your weird ideas, and state them confidently as if they’re naturally and obviously true, to decrease status loss effects.
This only works if you’re already high status. If you’re low status you come across as attention-seeking.
1) Given that you exhibit attention-seeking behavior, displaying eccentric beliefs is a reliable way of getting more attention.
2) Attention seeking behavior can be a pathological response to perceived low status, and egregious attention-seeking may cause you to lose status as well.
3) So seeing a low-status person with eccentric beliefs, you should update more in favor of them doing it for attention.
Of course I now realize I’m privileging the hypothesis. If you’re low status with eccentric beliefs you might just come across as a creepy weirdo.
The reason I disagree is that when your goal is attention, you also show other signs (like trying to argue you into agreeing). If you aren’t seeking attention, then you don’t push your weird views and simply state them matter-of-fact when asked. I don’t think someone who keeps their mouth shut until asked and then talks matter-of-fact about weird beliefs comes off as attention seeking or loses status in most cases.
This only works if you’re already high status. If you’re low status you come across as attention-seeking.
I’d be more worried about it coming across as mental illness. Being eccentric in the good way isn’t easy.
That sounds wrong to me. Why do you think it comes off as attention-seeking if you’re not already high status?
1) Given that you exhibit attention-seeking behavior, displaying eccentric beliefs is a reliable way of getting more attention. 2) Attention seeking behavior can be a pathological response to perceived low status, and egregious attention-seeking may cause you to lose status as well. 3) So seeing a low-status person with eccentric beliefs, you should update more in favor of them doing it for attention.
Of course I now realize I’m privileging the hypothesis. If you’re low status with eccentric beliefs you might just come across as a creepy weirdo.
The reason I disagree is that when your goal is attention, you also show other signs (like trying to argue you into agreeing). If you aren’t seeking attention, then you don’t push your weird views and simply state them matter-of-fact when asked. I don’t think someone who keeps their mouth shut until asked and then talks matter-of-fact about weird beliefs comes off as attention seeking or loses status in most cases.