Hats signifying authority is the only signifies of power that stretches beyond species itself, even nature understands that to have a big silly hat is to have power. Behold, figure A. A Chimpanzee by the name of Julie began to wear grass in her ear, and would replace it if it fell off. This gained her great popularity, and others in her group began to copy her behavior. The status represented by hats transcends nature itself.
Frankly, hats that signify rank are likely older than agriculture itself. An invention well before fire and the wheel, and perhaps just as important
It has been established that sapiosexuality has nothing to do with intelligence and everything to do with glasses (which signify status), and can at least under this argument be considered to be a kind of hat.
to everybody who posits that I am a talented person who meaningfully adds to the fediverse: consider this thread to be your counterargument