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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

    How I view objectivism and love.

    Jennie Torres
    By Jennie Torres,

    Reblogged:Ink, Cars, Movies, and Microwaves

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A Friday Hodgepodge 1. Anyone who regrets a tattoo might be glad to hear that tattoo removal has become easier and more effective in recent years. The article purports to be more about "the culture of ink," and includes statistics and snapshots of trends that might also be of interest to anyone who -- like me -- never even considered jumping onto that bandwagon. In any event, ease of removal is reducing the significance of this practice:I will freely admit that I am not a fan of tattoos. Inde

    Here I Stand

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    . This October 31 will be 500 years since Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to a church door in Wittenberg. Ideas move the world. October 31 is Halloween, and Luther had his reasons for selecting that day to launch what would become the Reformation. That day came to be known also as Reformation Day. I was born on that day in 1948, a Sunday in that year. I was born before dawn, and I’ve found that is my right time for starting each day. Ideas move the world.  Ein Feste Burg

    Reblogged:Intelligence: Actual Needed to Use Artificial

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Job recruiting has apparently become the latest field requiring the reintroduction of a once widely-known principle in the wake of the artificial intelligence revolution. We are all fortunate that Suzanne Lucas took it upon herself to do so gracefully, but forcefully:This is, of course, true in the typically modern sense that AI is poised to cause companies all kinds of legal grief for running afoul of assorted paternalistic anti-discrimination laws. More importantly, it can cost companies tal

    Reblogged:Biden Gets a Single, Sane Challenger

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips has thrown his hat into the Democrat presidential primary ring. He thus offers voters in his party a younger alternative to the President, whose age and mental acuity would be big enough handicaps even if he weren't polling so poorly. A profile of the new candidate at CNN sees the move as providing the Democrats an emergency option in addition to a way for Phillips to build name recognition ahead of the 2028 race. I am no fan of the Democrats, but I think th

    Reblogged:Sharing a Hymnal: Hawley and Sanders

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Phillip Wegman of RealClear Politics, who notes that anti-corporate rhetoric usually comes from Democrats, reports that Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) is about to introduce a bill to overturn the Citizens United decision that protects corporate free speech in elections. His closest ally in the effort? None other than socialist Bernie Sanders. Notably, Hawley uses ESG as his excuse, but his solution is 180 degrees wrong:For starters, this ignores the fundamental difference between the government an

    Reblogged:Mike Johnson: Loyalty vs. Freedom

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    It is a shame that the Republican Party -- never exactly a consistent or reliable advocate for freedom to begin with -- remains under the spell of Donald Trump and his personality cult. The latest manifestation of the rot is the election of the inexperienced and relatively unknown Mike Johnson of Louisiana as Speaker of the House. A Mild-Mannered Opponent of Personal Liberty (Image by United States Congress, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.)I dare say that this is not a choice that a party

    Reblogged:Two to Review, and Two to Stand Back From

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A Friday Hodgepodge 1. Having encountered a list of words that deserve wider use, I was amused to see George Will use one of them, blatherskite, in a recent column. I got about a third of the way through that list the first time and plan to return... Image by y6y6y6, via Wikimedia Commons, license.2. In honor of our impending move and in deference to my wife, who dislikes my old gumbo recipe, I plan to experiment with gumbo when we settle in the New Orleans area. From Hacker News of all plac

    Reblogged:Form vs. Substance

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Every once in a while, Miss Manners makes me smile with a short, sweet reminder that etiquette is contextual and has a legitimate purpose. This is far from the common stereotype of etiquette being a collection of arbitrary rules that some second-handers can use to herd around others -- whom they presume to be/hope are also second-handers. Ever since a falling-out with his parents, the letter-writer has occasionally been on the receiving end of scathing, uninformed letters from strangers and di

    Text to Image

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    There is an AI group on Facebook at which, a few days ago, I made the following post. In the first Comment to the following, I'll show a response it got from another member of the group. "It has been my experience that when humans make films containing settings of nature or industry from scenes described in literature, they do not measure up to pictures in my mind that I have when reading the text. Pretty sure that will be the same when AI makes scenes from word descriptions, however well.

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