Taking the following two models by jvk and allstarmvp, we have the two larger pieces of the question i set out to answer. I would also like to thank gegogi, meow and sillykitty for their invaluable views, and andrew for his story that allows us to relate this concept to the real world.
Model 1
Environmental factors by allstar:
I believe that a person can be an alpha wherever they go…It is a way of life and the way they carry themselves. Even if they are performing an action that they aren’t native to doing, they won’t be afraid to fail. Alphas don’t care what people think because they have their own mindset and only follow HIS reality,not others. You can’t be Alpha in one place and be a beta somewhere else, that is not a true Alpha. He will figure out whatever he can do to stay on top or close to the top. When a beta fails, he is bombarded with negative thoughts like “I suck at this” or “I hope I never do this again” while an alpha will just calk it up to experience and move on with his life.
Model 2
Biological factors by JVK:
Mother/infant recognition is more a function of olfactory/pheromonal cues associated with the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) of mammals (i.e., the Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) region of genes in humans, which are typically associated with “tissue type” or genetic diversity/similarity).
These MHC-dependent cues are rarely differentiated (e.g., by marketers) from the olfactory/pheromonal cues that are associated with age. Age-related production begins with the onset of adrenarche (not with puberty, like most sources say). Cues associated with dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) production begin as early as age 6-8.
Most of us would be unlikely to notice the subtle change in a 6-8 year-old child’s scent compared to a younger child’s scent, but instead recognize the change with increased gonadal hormone production with the onset of puberty. Remember when you first noticed your own axillary odor? Your mom noticed your natural scent changing long before you did.
By the time of life anyone is perceived by someone else as an alpha, associations with the alpha-characteristic scent have been made from a much earlier time in life (age 6-8?). Simply put, if you lack the ability to recognize an alpha by the time you confront one as a reproductively mature adult, you run the risk of challenging someone like Gegogi to a fight that you’re unlikely to win. Fortunately for you, perhaps, a true alpha is not easily provoked, and exudes the kind of confidence that makes an intelligent person think twice. That’s why an intelligent woman might think twice about choosing the idiot who starts a fight compared to the intelligent alpha who would rather avoid it. But she’s also choosing based on scent that is associated with the physical characteristics of the alpha male. And the physical characteristics are associated with levels of gonadal and adrenal steroid hormones. Tall, dark, and handsome is merely a visual description of an alpha’s scent signature. Add muscle and/or confidence and the olfactory/pheromonal - visual link becomes more clear.
Illness will first suppress immune system-related (MHC/HLA) scent production and progress to suppress gonadal hormone-associated scent production. A sick (or sickly male) will have a less appealing odor, and there are age-associated aspects of this as well. Older men don’t typically smell like young studs…
I think you all know that I could write another book or two on human pheromones. But my scientific perspective just doesn’t sell as well as most products do. So, I’ll leave you in Gegogi’s qualified and considerate hands. Minimally, he has read a book about human pheromones.
I’ve never met him, but can tell he’s an alpha male because I’ve made associations with their characteristics across a life-time of experience. I don’t need to sniff around to recognize an alpha male from a distance, or simply from his written words – and neither do you, or the women you are interested in. Remember that saying about the pen being mightier than the sword? If you’re not communicating with olfactory/pheromonal cues, you still can communicate – get it?
On the other hand, if you do happen to meet an alpha-male, your experience with his natural scent will assure you (albeit at a sub-conscious level) of his status. That’s why pheromone-enhancement with the right product can benefit you in closer proximity. Want to win the fight before it starts, potentially without effort, or increase your chances of getting the girl? Make yourself smell like an alpha. Smell like you look bigger and better!
Lastly, I believe that one CAN learn the true traits of an Alpha Male through affirmations (programming your brain to believe a certain statement). Your brain is a POWERFUL mechanism in which if a statement is repeated over and over, it can come into reality. That is how habits are formed and why they are so tough to break (Because your brain set up a 30 foot barbed wire fence around you beliefs). This is why Betas look upon alphas with awe and wish that they were them but fail when they put fourth the effort to change. They shoot themselves down with negative self-talk and that is why they are not as successful as alphas. If a person has confidence, traits like body language and eye movement will come naturally, and therefore will be more alpha.
From this we determine that both biological and environmental factors have a large part to play in determining whether one is a true alpha. Pheromones are produced by an alpha that affect him at an unconscious level, AND he possesses a mindset to match which translate into his actions in the real world. For those that use synthetic pheromones in order to be more alpha-like, all they are simply doing is becoming as close to a true alpha as possible by mimicing their actions and mindset, and in this process gaining many of the advantages that a true alpha reaps regularly. Whenever they stop using these synthetic pheromones it is very likely that they will in fact go back to being their old selves; although i do remember reading about some users mentioning that products such as a314 have a permanent positive effect on the users’ mindsets and actions, It is correct to say that a true alpha was born an alpha. As Gegogi points out, the only beta that can become an alpha is the one that was born an alpha, but may have become a beta at some points temporarily due to overwhelmingly dark environmental factors.
What i would like to clarify is that alot of people think that being an alpha means flexing your muscles and intimidating others. This is not the case. The true image of an alpha has been distorted by the media and we are now confused into thinking that being an alpha means being a bad-boy i.e flex and push them around. This is why i asked at the start of this discussion the difference between an alpha and a bad-boy, and as meow and gegogi pointed out, most people have the wrong image of a true alpha-male. If you read back into this discussion you will see evidence of this.
For this reason it is no longer sufficient to base what is an alpha simply on what they act or look like. It is better to instead adopt a model which encompasses the common traits of true alphas. You will see that all true alphas possess 2 traits: Intelligence that is above the norm; Competent social skills.
The social skills allow an alpha to network; to deal with everyone from thugs to parents; social skills are absolutely vital for, as sillykitty was trying to point out, what is the point of a genius, if he is only genius in his own head. Possessing intelligence above the norm places the individual ‘above the norm’ and therefore to an alpha-status. With sufficent intelligence an alpha can choose and accomplish whatever he so wishes; whether that is to lead a nation, or to make a trillion and relax on his own personal island with clones of all the victorias secrets models and an army of ninja oompa-loompas to guard him.
