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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
To some extent, coolness is a modern phenomenon because in tribal, traditional life, nobody was socially isolated enough to pull off secretly achieving mastery of a hobby by practicing in complete isolation, to then come back into society and effortlessly display one's masterful skill, to the complete awe of others, whom did not see the hours of practice, nor had any reason to believe the person was practicing anything, because out of sight, out of mind. | |||
For example, a guy has no reputation at all for dancing, has never tried to. So over summer break from school, the guy spends as many hours per day possible learning to dance masterfully, then at the school dance, the man starts busting out immaculate moves left and right, to everyone's awe and surprise. "Wow what talent!" However, interesting and impressive behavior, is not enough to be universally considered cool. One must ''also'' be fashionable, and dangerous for their coolness to be undeniable. The nerd in the video below is on the way to being undeniably cool but not quite there yet. | For example, a guy has no reputation at all for dancing, has never tried to. So over summer break from school, the guy spends as many hours per day possible learning to dance masterfully, then at the school dance, the man starts busting out immaculate moves left and right, to everyone's awe and surprise. "Wow what talent!" However, interesting and impressive behavior, is not enough to be universally considered cool. One must ''also'' be fashionable, and dangerous for their coolness to be undeniable. The nerd in the video below is on the way to being undeniably cool but not quite there yet. | ||
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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]] | 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 for women and [[Cutecel|men that resemble women]] it is difficult if not impossible to achieve true coolness. | |||
== Danger and coolness == | == Danger and coolness == | ||