Amygdala speaks: On algorithms for optimal distinctiveness
My fiery friend C, whose outbursts are poetic, recently wrote this on a social media site: Another Brahmin acquaintance asked me today, ever so casually, if I were a Brahmin. This is the umpteenth time this has happened now. I am beyond immensely appalled at several micro issues this single question encompasses: 1. How 'easy' it is for a Brahmin to ask someone if they belong to the same caste as them. Imagine a person from any other caste asking this question. Go ahead, just imagine... I'll wait. What? You cannot even conjure up the hypothetical situation? 2. Why is it that a Brahmin needs validation? So is it like, if someone outsmarts them in any respect, they would be unbothered and at peace only if the other person also happens to be a Brahmin? Because anything else simply doesn't make any sense? 3. And why is it that anybody who is a Tamilian and a Vegetarian can only be a 'Tam-Brahm'? I am truly surprised at this existential generalization: > A Tam-B...