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Competence and intelligence are also a way of intimidating, though there is likely multiplicative utility with looks. Intelligence is often signaled by humor which is things that need some amount of filling the blank, but can be fluently processed<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1207/s15327957pspr0804_3</ref> yet aren't boring. Laughing is used to pay respect, but also that one was able to process it oneself (thereby also displaying dominance in intellect). As in other status domains, people are very conservative in whom they admit higher intelligence status as this entails reduced [[reproductive success]] for oneself, so people do rarely laugh e.g. at jokes made by someone of lower status. Appeasing to someone of high status can on the other hand increase reproductive success as it may admit access to more resources. | Competence and intelligence are also a way of intimidating, though there is likely [[multiplicative utility]] with looks. Intelligence is often signaled by humor which is things that need some amount of filling the blank, but can be fluently processed<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1207/s15327957pspr0804_3</ref> yet aren't boring. Laughing is used to pay respect, but also that one was able to process it oneself (thereby also displaying dominance in intellect). As in other status domains, people are very conservative in whom they admit higher intelligence status as this entails reduced [[reproductive success]] for oneself, so people do rarely laugh e.g. at jokes made by someone of lower status. Appeasing to someone of high status can on the other hand increase reproductive success as it may admit access to more resources. | ||
=== Bodily size and bulkiness === | === Bodily size and bulkiness === | ||