No doubt, someday someone will use this to claim "IIT bias". Here's something I wrote a long time back (at FK) that should put such claims to rest:

P(A|B), as a (still flawed) measure of B => A Any college grad applies this intuitively when they see "max salaries" of colleges, and doesn't use it to determine college value. Yet, we use number of IITians as unicorn founders, or VC conversations, to claim privilege.

@amodm I would also add BHU to that list.

@xennygrimmato_ That list isn't an exhaustive list of hard work & talent density my friend 😁

@amodm See you in the same court very soon.

@ahmedmakda_am Which court is that?

@amodm IDK what triggered this tweet but nobody is questioning the talent at IITs. Folks w/o this pedigree are often overlooked. Seen many instances - analysts at VC firms refuse meetings because partner prefers IIT. Perfectly solid PhD apps rejected because non IIT. Thats IIT privilege

@nishant_s Assuming a talent density of 33% for IITs, how much time do you think elapses before *a* person realises the folly of using that bias? Not saying this doesn't exist. Just saying that people with this bias naturally succeed less, and thus get excluded out of evolution

@amodm What is talent ? And how does innovation or creativity for that matter is factored ? Hardwork and dedication to crack the IIT game is a talent in itself, but will this help in the real world ? IIT prep has a well structured path while real world is chaotic?

@dinquisitively You & I have very different views to a typical IITian. I was once party to a very long discussion on "the probability of developing a hole in the undies" - no learnt concept went unapplied that evening. Not a good example of "real world" I know, but by no means a theoretical one

@amodm Here’s something that I recently wrote related to this -

@himanshu_iitg Thx for sharing. Nice read. @ahmedmakda_am , another signal for you to process as you develop your thoughts. More about how your company shapes you, than gating part.

@amodm R Kaha sir ?

@Curious56780074 Wahin 🎵 jahan koi 🎵 aata jaata nahin 🎵 Sorry, jk. Please don’t bring your pitchforks 🙏🏼 More serious answer here:

@amodm So True! Exceptional talent. But somehow I feel the selection criteria can get even better! Maths/Physics/Chem decides the fate to get into a field like Computer Science. I’m aware abt the scale problem ~16L people taking the exam. I find SAT/Profile based selection better!

@amodm Yes Iitians think differently and execution skills of many of them are terrific . What we can learn from them and how we can adapt their skills?

@amodm R?

@NirantK I thought BITSians were immune to this line of provocation😜

@amodm There is self serving cognitive bias (self=the cumulative set of IITians) here, you also belong to an IIT. Your horizon is selective, anecdotal evidence does not create causation.