The Wall

[wufwugy]

From current events bra, many erudites have been denied visa or outright turned around. E.g. a dude had to balance a binary search tree just to prove he was a cs/software engineer.

http://boingboing.net/2017/03/01/wha...ite-color.html

Bonus points if you realize that the answer they were looking for could not deviate from wikipedias answer, as the ones asking had no idea what the fuck they were asking about

Talent does not indicate you will be allowed through (or respected) by border patrol apparently

This is showing a new systemic bias against Taleb types?

[Jack Sawyer]

This is showing a new systemic bias against Taleb types?

Is it not?

Bonus points if you noticed the dude was from Nigeria (not on The List atm), had a fully valid visa, and still had to put up with shit.

[wufwugy]

Is it not?

Bonus points if you noticed the dude was from Nigeria (not on The List atm), had a fully valid visa, and still had to put up with shit.

I'd say the issue seems pretty timeless. Not something that began recently.

To the idea that somebody named Nassim Taleb has a harder time entering the country than others, I don't know. I can't comment on any data. On theory, there are forces that could make that the case and countervailing forces that could actually make it easier to immigrate with that name. An example of a countervailing force could be that (I've heard) Middle East Christians have a much harder time getting into the country than Middle East Muslim blindly-assumed-to-be refugees. If true, there could be countervailing force of people thinking that Christians have it great so they can pound sand while Muslims are more downtrodden than squished snail so they can be given the stars.