Re:The Alpha Myth: How captive wolves led us astray
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @02:30AM
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> Could you elaborate what is the meaning of “alpha”?
There isn't a fixed definition [1]. Most definitions reference dominance, e.g. Merriam-Webster [2]. (Annoyingly, dominance also has different meanings in anthropology, animal ethology, sociology and common use.)
But due to the term being relatively new, adopted from animal ethology, co-tiopted by the memeverse and now being politically charged, you're basically walking into semantic ground zero by using the term.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_and_beta_male
[2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alpha#word-histor...
Could you elaborate what is the meaning of “alpha”? (I sense there is definition, that is being kept secret from me)