fourtytwo Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Hi, my name is Rob and I discovered Objectivism completely by accident a year ago and this is a life changing event, as I am sure you know too. I usually rudely blast-in with some sort of error-of-haste and learn afterwards e.g. I noticed this introductory part of the forum after I made a post and some replies but now I know better. I was thrown out of university, a long time ago, because I had no philosophy - I mean, they threw me out for not doing any work but that was not the real reason, the real reason was that I had no sense of self-worth. Gradually, after 40 years of self-education, I learned some electronics and some programming and some other things but never anything so mind-blowingly "obvious" as Objectivism even though, by then, from experience that is what I had become i.e. an Objectivist with a definite sense of self-worth. The educational system allows philosophy to begin, unchallenged, in the playground, litterally, with pressure groups and bullying and that continues on into adulthood, into politics - that was the part that I avoided hence my adolescent rejection of (modern) philosophy (I now realise). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JASKN Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Welcome to the forum. FWIW, I didn't notice any "blasting" or rudeness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dream_weaver Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Welcome to OO, Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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