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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"

  • Objectivism Online Chat

    Reblogged:Taking Taiwan Sounds Pyrrhic at Best

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    In a world where every dictatorial thug seems emboldened by a weak-willed America, it is natural to wonder if or when China's Xi Jinping will invade Taiwan once he's done wrecking his country's own economy. Michael Fumento considers the question at some length and his answer makes the whole proposition sound borderline ridiculous even without the American assistance such an attempt would deserve. That last is my opinion, given that Fumento regards American assistance, or at least the prospect

    Reblogged:Nasrallah Finally Dead: What It Can Mean

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Over the weekend, the Israeli Defense Forces bombed a heavily fortified bunker deliberately situated beneath a residential high-rise, killing Hassan Nasrallah, the thoroughly evil head of Iran's strongest proxy, Hezbollah. It took 80 tons of bunker-busting bombs and culminated years of meticulous intelligence-gathering -- that picked up pace when the Islamist militia fought on the side of Syria's dictator over a decade ago:For the implications of this major historical development, I recommend t

    Aliester Crowley, Liber Oz, and the "Sanction of Evil" vs the Objectivist Epistemology and its conception of Rights? Ppol

    Mthomas9s
    By Mthomas9s,
    Greetings, Fellow  Hope the weekend has been going well!

    Reblogged:Can More Work Cure Burnout?

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Over at Ask a Manager, Alison Green elaborates on a time that she relieved burnout -- from her excellent and helpful writing! -- by taking on additional, but different work:Aside from the mistaken animosity towards "big pharma," the above makes quite a bit of sense and comports with a similar experience of mine from way back in college. Wanting to pursue a degree in literature, but also wanting to be able to earn a living after I graduated, I double majored in English and Mathematics. Over time

    Generalizations

    rojo8
    By rojo8,
    How can you prove that if some object of some concept acts in a certain way, then every object of that concept acts that way? So, a generalization. For exemple, a first level generalization like: you predict that if you touched some water and it was wet, then the next time you will touch some water it will be wet too.

    Physical Space

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    A transplanted issue.

    Exploring the Foundations of Knowledge in Objectivism

    aliambere
    By aliambere,
    Hey guys........ I have been delving into Objectivist philosophy recently, and I find myself particularly intrigued by the interplay between metaphysics and epistemology as presented by Ayn Rand. One question that keeps resurfacing for me is how Objectivism delineates the nature of knowledge and its relationship to reality. Rand emphasizes that existence exists and that consciousness is the faculty of perceiving that existence. However, I wonder how this principle translates into our u

    My Verses

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    . These Words These words we read from some desire . . that someone live . . the this entire. Read is our reach, . . our grasp, our be . . life that is know . . wings that are free.   Copyright Stephen C. Boydstun 2016    

    Reblogged:Four Interesting Reads

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A Friday Hodgepodge 1. An XKCD Comic Turns Ten:More at Simon Willison's Weblog. 2. Paul Child repurposed his military logistics expertise to design Julia's kitchens:You'll need to budget about 20 minutes for the whole read at Places Journal. 3. Fans of history and umami have a book to consider:The full review of A Twist in the Tail: How the Humble Anchovy Flavoured Western Cuisine appears at Englesberg Ideas. 4. A very rare neurological disorder is helping scientists understand facial

    AI and technological unemployment

    happiness
    By happiness,
    Technology and industrial progress have historically eliminated less productive work and created more productive work because they have mostly replaced or amplified muscle up to this point. Except in limited instances, technology hasn’t replaced the average human brain.  What happens now that generative AI is replacing exactly that? It will start with lower-order vocations, but there is no limit to how many human cognitive tasks it can take over. Apparently it’s already capable of handling

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