Comments on: Double baggin’ it http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/double_baggin_i/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alex http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/double_baggin_i/comment-page-1/#comment-267153 Alex Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:33:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2965#comment-267153 <p>Excellent story but I never saw anybody in MBTA selling or carrying baloon, I think it is made up story without taking care of fact.</p> Excellent story but I never saw anybody in MBTA selling or carrying baloon, I think it is made up story without taking care of fact.

]]> By: Vishal http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/double_baggin_i/comment-page-1/#comment-111826 Vishal Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:18:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2965#comment-111826 <p>Vipender seems like a loser to me! You talk about Indians being hardly comprehensible- perhaps you are talking about yourself. Look at your english and the way you are rambling on!</p> Vipender seems like a loser to me! You talk about Indians being hardly comprehensible- perhaps you are talking about yourself. Look at your english and the way you are rambling on!

]]> By: sunil http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/double_baggin_i/comment-page-1/#comment-45298 sunil Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:12:31 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2965#comment-45298 <p>Smart guy......lunched with him when he came here to interview for a faculty position. But (being in academia, and surrounded by academics) he seemed different in that he really, really was a go getter. Always dreaming very big.....and going for broke. He's likely to be very successful, but with the kind of science he's working in, there isn't much room for error, so i hope he's careful enough with his work.</p> Smart guy……lunched with him when he came here to interview for a faculty position. But (being in academia, and surrounded by academics) he seemed different in that he really, really was a go getter. Always dreaming very big…..and going for broke. He’s likely to be very successful, but with the kind of science he’s working in, there isn’t much room for error, so i hope he’s careful enough with his work.

]]> By: Manish Vij http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/double_baggin_i/comment-page-1/#comment-45086 Manish Vij Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:12:59 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2965#comment-45086 <p>Eugenics? I call <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law">Godwin's Law</a>!</p> Eugenics? I call Godwin’s Law!

]]> By: dild_oh! http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/double_baggin_i/comment-page-1/#comment-45053 dild_oh! Tue, 07 Feb 2006 06:09:16 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2965#comment-45053 <blockquote>Legislative selection (by immigration law, as opposed to natural selection).</blockquote> <p>Manish - you make it simplistic -almost equating legislation to eugenics. There is something to be said about the raw confidence of the sliver of smart people who decide to migrate, esp. from a completely different society like that of India or China. Its probably this nerdy traits of their parents that makes these kids study obscurantist words instead of chasing girls- which I would want my kids to do. And I agree, I don't think there is any brown, brainy gene.</p> Legislative selection (by immigration law, as opposed to natural selection).

Manish – you make it simplistic -almost equating legislation to eugenics. There is something to be said about the raw confidence of the sliver of smart people who decide to migrate, esp. from a completely different society like that of India or China. Its probably this nerdy traits of their parents that makes these kids study obscurantist words instead of chasing girls- which I would want my kids to do. And I agree, I don’t think there is any brown, brainy gene.

]]> By: nofixedadderess http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/double_baggin_i/comment-page-1/#comment-44947 nofixedadderess Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:43:34 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2965#comment-44947 <p>omg.....i KNOW this guy!(though i am not sure if he knows me now)......heheeeheeh,we were at the same undergradutae college in india.......he was pretty academic even back then but unlike other academic types,i actually got along well with him....but yeah,he wasnt the partying types so definitely wasnt in my inner circle(which incidentally was a sureshot way to gain supreme notoriety in the ladies hostel)......</p> <p>well done shiladitya but i'd rather still be a slacker.....as one of the latest bolly song goes..."apni to paathshaala masti ki paathshaala...."</p> omg…..i KNOW this guy!(though i am not sure if he knows me now)……heheeeheeh,we were at the same undergradutae college in india…….he was pretty academic even back then but unlike other academic types,i actually got along well with him….but yeah,he wasnt the partying types so definitely wasnt in my inner circle(which incidentally was a sureshot way to gain supreme notoriety in the ladies hostel)……

well done shiladitya but i’d rather still be a slacker…..as one of the latest bolly song goes…”apni to paathshaala masti ki paathshaala….”

]]> By: tom http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/double_baggin_i/comment-page-1/#comment-44941 tom Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:50:37 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2965#comment-44941 <blockquote>I just wanted to highlight the myth. Also, I am having fun too.</blockquote> <p>whatever you say Kush. Desises are genetically superior, just ask razib. ;)</p> I just wanted to highlight the myth. Also, I am having fun too.

whatever you say Kush. Desises are genetically superior, just ask razib. ;)

]]> By: Kush Tandon http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/double_baggin_i/comment-page-1/#comment-44940 Kush Tandon Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:24:45 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2965#comment-44940 <p>"I'm sorry if that offends you."</p> <p>Eddie, I am not at all offended. Indians/ South Asians have more barriers to cross in present day climate and should be celebrated.</p> <p>I just wanted to highlight the myth. Also, I am having fun too.</p> <p>I once had a similar discussion with a Turkish guy (he went on Turkish glory, blah, blah), I have been on this line of arguement before. Somebody, had pointed me the Hungarian phenomena, was not a Hungarian.</p> <p>Peace</p> “I’m sorry if that offends you.”

Eddie, I am not at all offended. Indians/ South Asians have more barriers to cross in present day climate and should be celebrated.

I just wanted to highlight the myth. Also, I am having fun too.

I once had a similar discussion with a Turkish guy (he went on Turkish glory, blah, blah), I have been on this line of arguement before. Somebody, had pointed me the Hungarian phenomena, was not a Hungarian.

Peace

]]> By: Divya http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/double_baggin_i/comment-page-1/#comment-44938 Divya Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:18:18 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2965#comment-44938 <p>Kush, it's not about myth making. I saw the documentary about the spelling bee and the parents spend an unbelieveble amount of time prepping the kids. If not for that, the kids would not win. I find factors of this kind to be of interest and am wondering about the whole cluster of such factors in general. The genetic angle is not of interest to me.</p> Kush, it’s not about myth making. I saw the documentary about the spelling bee and the parents spend an unbelieveble amount of time prepping the kids. If not for that, the kids would not win. I find factors of this kind to be of interest and am wondering about the whole cluster of such factors in general. The genetic angle is not of interest to me.

]]> By: Eddie http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/02/06/double_baggin_i/comment-page-1/#comment-44937 Eddie Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:18:06 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2965#comment-44937 <p>What exactly is your point Kush? That Jews are more overrepresented than Indians in certain areas? I don't doubt it. But Indians are CLEARLY overrepresented in the categories I mentioned. I'm sorry if that offends you.</p> What exactly is your point Kush? That Jews are more overrepresented than Indians in certain areas? I don’t doubt it. But Indians are CLEARLY overrepresented in the categories I mentioned. I’m sorry if that offends you.

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