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    Objectivism Is The Everyman's Philosophy

    In the universe, what you see is what you get,

    figuring it out for yourself is the way to happiness,

    and each person's independence is respected by all

  • Rand's Philosophy in Her Own Words

    • "Metaphysics: Objective Reality" "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed/Wishing won’t make it so." "The universe exists independent of consciousness"
    • "Epistemology: Reason" "You can’t eat your cake and have it, too." "Thinking is man’s only basic virtue"
    • "Ethics: Self-interest" "Man is an end in himself." "Man must act for his own rational self-interest" "The purpose of morality is to teach you[...] to enjoy yourself and live"
    • "Politics: Capitalism" "Give me liberty or give me death." "If life on earth is [a man's] purpose, he has a right to live as a rational being"

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    Catholic Church Slurp at the Public Trough Called Religious Liberty and Education Freedom by Republican Governor

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    Taxpayer-Funded Religious Charter School

    Reblogged:Britain Lags Mississippi in Per Capita GDP

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A UK Times story by Douglas Carswell, one of the leading advocates of Brexit, notes that America's poorest state, in terms of personal GDP, has surpassed Great Britain's economy by that measure:Yes. Carswell left Great Britain so he could have a better chance of making a difference. He now heads a free-market think tank based in Jackson, where I grew up. Carswell paints this success as a lesson for Britons, but many Americans, myself included, would do well to reflect on what he reports as an "

    Ayn Rand aritcle on Fox News

    necrovore
    By necrovore,
    I spotted this article: https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/five-reasons-ayn-rand-loved-united-states-america-right-live-ones-own-judgment It's positive and covers the basics for somebody who might have never heard of Ayn Rand before. I did not know that there was any news outlet that would still publish such a thing. (Many are too Leftist or too Christian.)

    Biologists Replicate Key Evolutionary Step

    dream_weaver
    By dream_weaver,
    Yeast not only gives rise to bread, it gave rise to an answer to a question that has eluded evolutionary biologists.   "To understand why the world is full of plants and animals, including humans, we need to know how one-celled organisms made the switch to living as a group, as multicelled organisms," said Sam Scheiner, program director in the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Division of Environmental Biology. "This study is the first to experimentally observe that transition, provi

    Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer, by Michael White

    dream_weaver
    By dream_weaver,
    Having read this recently, when Bill Harris asked this question, "But Newton also believed in alchemy, so what's that called?" reminded me of how this biography could address something here, that has also been touch on in the referenced thread.   More on this later.

    Reblogged:The Cost of Casual Research, Then and Now

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A week or so ago, I came across the following account:This was news to me: Either I didn't know about it or the World Book Encyclopedia I grew up using didn't come with anything like that. Naturally, I bookmarked the story and decided to find out if it was true some time later. Having just remembered it now, I did, but it was interesting that it was slightly harder to verify this claim than many others. In other words, since Wikipedia didn't have an entry for answer girl, I'd get to experienc

    Reblogged:Four Offbeat Things

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A Friday Hodgepodge 1. A Simpson's fan with a green thumb reports his own home-grown version of "tomacco":The two species are related, so it isn't a surprise that this would work. The gardener did not sample the fruit since he was concerned that it could easily contain a lethal dose of nicotine. After a fruitless image search, I found this Emerald Cockroach Wasp by accident and decided its offbeat beauty and mild grossness were on-theme enough. (Image by Sharadpunita, via Wikimedia Commons

    2020 election

    merjet
    By merjet,
    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/517522-bloomberg-pays-fines-for-32000-felons-in-florida-so-they-can-vote When I saw this early yesterday, my reaction was: Paying fines or paying bribes?  For it to not be a bribe, shouldn't the felon or ex-felon be able to choose between cash-in-hand and paying the fines? I was glad to see the following several hours later. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/matt-gaetz-election-bribery-probe-bloomberg-florida

    Reblogged:The 'Productivity' Trap

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Two apparently unrelated items in my "evergreen" blogging material hopper have caught my attention today. One is a lament by a writer that "Turning my Passion/Hobby into a Business Made Me Hate It." The other is a colorfully-titled rejection of "being productive." The writer briefly describes what he likes to write -- before explaining how he became paralyzed by what he actually wrote for payment:Yes. Money changed hands, but if a trade is for mutual benefit, it sounds like the writer cheated

    Creating Christ

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    Creating Christ – "Did Roman Emperors create Christianity? Archaeological evidence now links the first Cristians with ruling elites of Rome. A conspiracy to end the great conflict between Jews and Rome changed the course of history. This secret revealed here."

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