Bill Gates is an odd example to use because he is an extreme outlier in several respects; he is a celebrity, and he is extremely intelligent. As far as I can tell, people who are as intelligent as he is generally have a different kind of confidence in relation to other people than supposed alpha males do--one based largely on indifference to the idea of competing with peons. Moreover, if alpha males are aggressive and get what they want from other people, Bill Gates qualifies with respect to attitude. He is actually very aggressive, when appropriate, in his interactions with other people.
While I love human psychology and this debate is always amusing for me, I have to side with the few that have pointed out with a very important distinction: while we may be somewhat similar to wolves, human society has more layers of complexity in the social hierarchy.
Sure, I may fantasize about the prospect, but in the "real" world, people don't typically have harems. Sure, an alpha male might be more of a "go-getter" or be better at drawing people to him when it comes to women, but human society is much different than the wolf society.
Personally, I'd rather be modest in public (I'm a big advocate of letting my actions and resulting reputation speak for me) and a fuckin beast in the bed ;-)
I don't think it's hype, but that's not to say that only Alphas are successful in life. It begs the question: what is an alpha? As mentioned, what about Bill Gates? Is Mitt Romney an Alpha? Author Stephen King? Would Sheriff Buford Pusser be an Alpha? Payton Manning?
Seems almost every niche has its definition of and examples of Alphas.
Personally I'm more lone wolf than either Alpha or Beta.
Haha that's exactly what I was thinking when I saw the thread title!
Real alpha's don't talk about or give much of a shit about being an "alpha".
Real alpha's don't talk about or give much of a shit about being an "alpha".
Preach.Real alpha's don't talk about or give much of a shit about being an "alpha".
You're an alpha male?! :wink:Alpha males make the best bottoms!![]()