Both status and signaling as concepts have at least in some circles pervaded common language. This will inevitably cause new members to use these words imprecisely. I don’t recall the exact quote, but Daniel Dennett has said about consciousness that everyone feels like they’re an expert on it. I think this applies to signalling and status too once one learns about them, since they’re such a constant and seemingly direct part of our experience.
I too now feel guilty of not studying these concepts more, and seem to have quite incompetently participated the discussion.
Both status and signaling as concepts have at least in some circles pervaded common language. This will inevitably cause new members to use these words imprecisely. I don’t recall the exact quote, but Daniel Dennett has said about consciousness that everyone feels like they’re an expert on it. I think this applies to signalling and status too once one learns about them, since they’re such a constant and seemingly direct part of our experience.
I too now feel guilty of not studying these concepts more, and seem to have quite incompetently participated the discussion.