Trying to figure out how to be cool by going as far as to write an academic paper is decidedly uncool
I think the term for this would be "poser", the not cool sub segment of the cool kids.
New study offers clues about what makes someone cool
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#22Trying to figure out how to be cool by going as far as to write an academic paper is decidedly uncool
Scientifically analyzing a phenomenon to break down its underlying principles and optimize it is a sign of capability, the one attribute found to be equally cool and good. And can be quite cool in some contexts.
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#23Cool people are perceived to be more extraverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open, and autonomous, whereas good people are more conforming, traditional, secure, warm, agreeable, universalistic, conscientious, and calm. This pattern is stable across countries, which suggests that the meaning of cool has crystallized on a similar set of values and traits around the globe. We build on the results to advance a th…
This seems predicated on a false dichotomy of "cool" and "good" -- surely some are both.
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#24I don’t even have to read it cause it’s smoking. We’ve always known it was smoking.
Smelling like cancerous ass is not cool though
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#25According to my own findings, there is minimal intersection between the group of cool people and the group of people who read coolness research.
According to my experience, cool people put in an absolutely inordinate amount of research, time and effort in order to appear as if they don't even have to try.
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#26Trying to figure out how to be cool by going as far as to write an academic paper is decidedly uncool
Scientifically analyzing a phenomenon to break down its underlying principles and optimize it is a sign of capability, the one attribute found to be equally cool and good. And can be quite cool in some contexts.
Just as the blind will never understand color, the nerd will never understand cool.
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#28It's a kind of status jiu-jitsu: the less you want, the more others want you.
Good summary of this paper: https://unrav.io/#view/f1604fd7b327f48a9920f4d2561b9626
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#29Cool people are perceived to be more extraverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open, and autonomous, whereas good people are more conforming, traditional, secure, warm, agreeable, universalistic, conscientious, and calm. This pattern is stable across countries, which suggests that the meaning of cool has crystallized on a similar set of values and traits around the globe. We build on the results to advance a th…
That's a strange comparison! I guess this is where the ultimate caricature of cool comes from, though: Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll -> Hedonistic, powerful and adventurous. Crank those up enough, and you end up with a trashed hotel room or maybe a drumstick up someone's butt.
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#30It’s something I realized a long time ago about humans. Resources and opportunities go where they are least needed. Want high social status? Your best bet is to need absolutely nothing from anyone. Coolness, in its original sense, is about never caring too much because you will never need to. People are drawn to what doesn’t care about them; they assume the response they get will be objective.
This makes a ton of evolutionary sense. Success begets success. Those that don't need outside help are successful; those that cooperate and build on it are more successful. Unfortunately, it also leads to local maxima- those that are good at gathering from neighbors and happen to have good neighbors reach highest success, regardless of their own intrinsic ability.
Neither "Attempt to split success equally so everyone gets the same results" nor "Give all the resources to those that have the most" are good ways to run a society, or good long term evolutionary strategies.