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'''Coolness''' is [[Dominance hierarchy|dominance signaling]] by looking fashionable, and dangerous, as well as behaving in an interesting and impressive manner, all without trying hard. Achieving status whilst doing the bare minimum signals confidence in one's ability. Basically saying, "Could try harder but don't need to because people ''already'' hail to the king, baby." Coolness is related to [[stoicism]] due to the downplaying of effort, and related to [[charisma]]/[[game]] as minimalism and style are associated with [[beauty]]. The danger in coolness is related to male war heroism and bravery, which are, however, only regarded as impressive in males.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513815000239</ref> | '''Coolness''' is [[Dominance hierarchy|dominance signaling]] by looking fashionable, and dangerous, as well as behaving in an interesting and impressive manner, all without trying hard. Achieving status whilst doing the bare minimum signals confidence in one's ability. Basically saying, "Could try harder but don't need to because people ''already'' hail to the king, baby." Coolness is related to [[stoicism]] due to the downplaying of effort, and related to [[charisma]]/[[game]] as minimalism and style are associated with [[beauty]]. The danger in coolness is related to male war heroism and bravery, which are, however, only regarded as impressive in males.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513815000239</ref> | ||
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People with evolutionary novel lifestyles and values tend to be more intelligent than average.<ref>https://phys.org/news/2010-02-intelligent-people-unnatural-values-human.html</ref> So people that others consider to be cool tend to be more intelligent. Women can engage in cool behavior and be dangerous from an objective standpoint, such as a female combat soldier in the United States Army, however their faces hardly advertise danger at all. So women and [[Cutecel|men that resemble women]], cannot be universally considered cool. | People with evolutionary novel lifestyles and values tend to be more intelligent than average.<ref>https://phys.org/news/2010-02-intelligent-people-unnatural-values-human.html</ref> So people that others consider to be cool tend to be more intelligent. Women can engage in cool behavior and be dangerous from an objective standpoint, such as a female combat soldier in the United States Army, however their faces hardly advertise danger at all. So women and [[Cutecel|men that resemble women]], cannot be universally considered cool. | ||
== Danger and coolness == | |||
Some activities are too dangerous to be deemed cool such as purposefully setting one's hand on fire and causing sever burns is dangerous but not cool. However, dangerous behavior, no matter how stupid, can be cool if played off with stoicism and finesse. | |||
For example, one sets their own hand on fire, and without flinching, calmly blows the flames out in an impressive manner hardly seeming to try at all, and then one brushes their hair back, with that same hand, and says "Ain't got time to burn." The stupid act of setting one's own hand on fire has just been made cool. | |||
== Examples of cool behavior == | == Examples of cool behavior == | ||