DavidV Posted September 17, 2005 Report Share Posted September 17, 2005 A quick look to see what individuals from the three philosophical groups have been up to recently.People of Reason: represent objective reality, primacy of existence, reason, logic, Aristotle, Ayn Rand, The City of Man, Ancient Greece, the Renaissance, The Age of Enlightment, science, The United States of America, rational self-interest, capitalism, individual rights, Atlas ShruggedBritish entrepreneur, Sir Richard Branson, has teamed up with aerospace designer, Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites to form a new aerospace production company. The new firm will build a fleet of commercial suborbital spaceships and launch aircraft.(Liz Bonis) 08/10/05 -- It's taken years, but researchers Dr. Jose Cancelas and Dr. David Williams have discovered the "switch" which moves stem cells out of the marrow or center of the bone into the blood.IRVINE, CA--At the opening banquet of the annual Objectivist Conference (OCON), Dr. Yaron Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI), announced receipt... http://ObjectivismOnline.com/blog/archives/000412.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 (edited) Branson is an extremely interesting character. With gas-prices staying Branson is now talking about starting his own oil-refinery. A new refinery has not been built in the US for 29 years! Meanwhile, on the space exploration front Bezos (of Amazon) is investing too. (Here's a more recent article.) Edited July 24, 2006 by softwareNerd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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