user_name

The mere fact that you knew what Wisconsin was is very surprising. I still don't know what it is. An Indian reservation?

Yeah, owning a Mac or any other kinds of computers or electronic devices rarely indicates your "coolness." Who cares... By the way, I didn't even know there was a difference between a nerd and a geek. First time I've seen people rejoice in their nerdiness, too. This board is truly amazing...

Wow, I feel dismally stupid compared to you guys.

I'm in the 16th percentile, probably the lowest here?

I came to love econ because history and philosophy and many other things were too hard for me. Besides it took me little effort to be an above-average math student so that I could impress all the other econ majors and econ professors as well.

Funniest sentence I've read today. :D

Look what a drama queen you are yourself. And it's strange that you think the fact that you're an Asian gives you some sort of an alibis for making stereotypes about Asians. A Jew who hates Jews is still anti-Semitic. Ditto the Asians. Where the hell is this coming from? Who's caring for whom or what? I don't give a rat's a*s about the Asian people, or any other group of people for that matter. I just find making stereotypes extremely stupid, and I hate those who do. FYI, nobody wanna show how PC they are. You made it sound like being PC is a good thing.

Racial stereotyping is a sensitive issue. Go tell a proud black guy that he's got to where you are thanks to affirmative action, and he's gonna beat the crap out of you even though he might not really be that mad. Nowadays all stereotypes about blacks are considered taboos, and so should stereotypes about Asians and whites.

You are indeed. Having made a positive stereotype about a group of people doesn't give you the right to make a negative one about the same group. And a stereotype is a stereotype, doesn't matter if it's positive or negative. I'll take it that you meant yours was one of the 94.2%.

What the hell? Who told you that?

In case you don't remember, this is what you said, my friend: That sounds like a very definitive generalizing statement to me.

I don't think so either. That's why it's stupid to make stereotypes about a group of people, one way or another.

That could just mean Asians are on average smarter than the general population. Many white parents do that, too. The only difference is that they're rich people who sent their kids to prestigious private schools, so you don't get to see them. It's true that I've never seen an Asian who is an extremely bad student, but most of the hypernerdy guys I've seen in high school and in college are white.

No, there's nothing to do with whether the parents are educated or not. That's a terrible stereotype.

It's absolutely not true for the Asians I know.

On the other hand, you could create a whole bunch of fake accounts and vote for yourself. Antichron could try to get abababba to stop the vote count. Your best bet then would be to question the constitutionality of the poll.

Wow, you're really pretty good at this, ysbad. Your talent should be put to better use than economics.

The smartest guy never wins a popularity contest. He's usually not even IN the contest. Where did you go to high school? :rolleyes:

A popularity contest! Once upon a time, when I was in high school...

Nah, I was just kidding. If it were a presidential debate though, I would probably vote for you 'cause you seemed so nice.

Oh, and I hate debates that end with people apologizing each other, by the way. In a civilized society, a debate ends if and only if when one person beats the other senseless with a club.:boxing:

Probably the funniest thing I've seen here for a long time.

It's funny, but it's true, and not just in economics. I don't know why. That's the culture there, I suppose?

Where's the option "I'm more interested in research than teaching?"

I recall reading a paper in a mathematical journal about the general steps in proving a theorem. That was a long time ago, so I can only remember two important points: (1) know all definitions and theorems by heart so that you can conveniently shop around for them, and (2) start at the end and work backward. Real Analysis will be pretty easy if you've taken calculus because you'll always know intuitively what you need to do and how to do it. You just need to find out how to do it formally (i.e. how to make use of the limited number of axioms and theorems given to you).