Superking
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So I've been thinking about this a lot lately but haven't really found much in the way of research. At what rarity does a feature stand out? Does it vary based on the standard deviation?
My current thinking is that generally if you are two standard deviations above the norm then the feature will probably stand out as particularly good. I kinda just based this on 130 IQ being the point of "genius" and being two SD above the norm. With height for men in the US that would be being 6'3.5"ish to be noticeably "tall" which seems true in my experience... you might get called tall when shorter than that but at those heights it seems everyone will comment on your height at some point. Being two standard deviations above average typically puts you in the top 3% or so.
But it feels different with some other things. For instance the standard deviation for grip strength is only 9 kg... I don't think you're gonna have noticeably intense forearms gripping 170 lbs instead of 15 lbs. The same is true for many measures of physical strength. I guess some things aren't really on a proper bell curve. Another rule I am thinking of is, whenever possible, be double the average. You're not gonna be 12 feet tall, but you CAN make double the average income. I think anything double the average is going to be very noticeable and beneficial.
In what areas can you really push yourself to stand out? Income is an obvious one, though many people try to do it, it is possible to become far wealthier than the average person. That's one of the reasons the trait is so valuable. A guy can only be like 30% taller than normal but he can be 30000% richer or more famous than normal. Also in terms of physical athleticism we say on here most guys gymcel these days but they really don't, or don't do it in an effective manner for the required amount of time to push yourself noticeably above average.
I believe having a few noticeably rare traits is important and valuable to halo your mediocre or worse features which you are unable to change.
Has anyone read any studies, or had any thoughts on this subject?
My current thinking is that generally if you are two standard deviations above the norm then the feature will probably stand out as particularly good. I kinda just based this on 130 IQ being the point of "genius" and being two SD above the norm. With height for men in the US that would be being 6'3.5"ish to be noticeably "tall" which seems true in my experience... you might get called tall when shorter than that but at those heights it seems everyone will comment on your height at some point. Being two standard deviations above average typically puts you in the top 3% or so.
But it feels different with some other things. For instance the standard deviation for grip strength is only 9 kg... I don't think you're gonna have noticeably intense forearms gripping 170 lbs instead of 15 lbs. The same is true for many measures of physical strength. I guess some things aren't really on a proper bell curve. Another rule I am thinking of is, whenever possible, be double the average. You're not gonna be 12 feet tall, but you CAN make double the average income. I think anything double the average is going to be very noticeable and beneficial.
In what areas can you really push yourself to stand out? Income is an obvious one, though many people try to do it, it is possible to become far wealthier than the average person. That's one of the reasons the trait is so valuable. A guy can only be like 30% taller than normal but he can be 30000% richer or more famous than normal. Also in terms of physical athleticism we say on here most guys gymcel these days but they really don't, or don't do it in an effective manner for the required amount of time to push yourself noticeably above average.
I believe having a few noticeably rare traits is important and valuable to halo your mediocre or worse features which you are unable to change.
Has anyone read any studies, or had any thoughts on this subject?
