I’m not quite sure what you mean by “mere” signaling. If visible feature F did not correlate with hard to observe character C, then F could not signal C. Of course the correlation isn’t perfect, but why doesn’t it make sense to choose F if you want people to believe you have C? Are you saying you didn’t really care what people thought of your maturity?
I’m not quite sure what you mean by “mere” signaling. If visible feature F did not correlate with hard to observe character C, then F could not signal C. Of course the correlation isn’t perfect, but why doesn’t it make sense to choose F if you want people to believe you have C? Are you saying you didn’t really care what people thought of your maturity?