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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

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    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.

    Reblogged:AI Scams Show Value of Keeping Context

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    In a discussion about how to defend oneself from scammers using AI, the good folks at Fisher Investments lead by claiming that "patience, skepticism, and caution" are "timeless tools" we can marshal in our defense. Few would argue with that, but I see a missed opportunity, particularly after reading the following subtitle: "The more you know, the better your defenses can be." That sentence, by the way, had been lifted into the link I followed to the story. Everybody knows knowledge is power,

    Reblogged: When Fewer Options Mean a Real Choice

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    I am glad to see that I'm not the only one to notice that the Trump machine has made time of the essence in defeating its champion. Recently, George Will urged Republican candidates to withdraw from the primary to give breathing room for a viable challenger, and at least one newspaper editorial has followed suit. Both pieces are worth reading in full, but George Will captures the problem well:Interestingly, Will appeals to Tim Scott to take the lead on this, which I think is wise: Scott is far

    Reblogged:"Pothole Theory," RIP

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    During a recent podcast about the war in Israel, I heard mention of a misconception that guided Middle Eastern foreign policy during the Bush Administration. That idea was derisively (and rightly so) called the "pothole theory" of democracy. It was used to justify permitting the Palestinians electing Hamas into power at a time when we or Israel should have begun the process of civilizing the Palestinians much as the United States did in Japan after World War II. Curious about this patently rid

    Group Theory and Physics

    Boydstun
    By Boydstun,
    . Neutral Xi-sub-b baryon has been found. About that red triangle: ∆ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Standard Model SU3 Symmetry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Group Theory and Physics Shlomo Sternberg (Cambridge 1994) Related at Objectivism Online

    Restored Movie Version of "We the Living"

    Jbruneau
    By Jbruneau,
    https://www.ocregister.com/2023/10/19/restored-ayn-rand-film-furthers-her-legacy/

    Reblogged:Notable Commentary

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A Friday Hodgepodge "Thinking through this policy's logic and implications reveals that giving the government power to screen immigrants' ideologies means handing government the expansive power to police everyone's ideas." -- Agustina Vergara Cid, in "Trump's Proposal to Ideologically Screen Immigrants Would Be Unjustified and Immoral" (Orange County Register) "[The immigration] system doesn't need to be reformed -- it needs to be rethought entirely." -- Agustina Vergara Cid, in "The Immig

    Reblogged:RCV: Quench One Fire, Start Another?

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    At RealClear Politics, Benjamin Reilly and Rachel Hutchinson note that ranked choice voting (RCV) could have averted the ongoing dumpster fire that is the GOP House Speaker contest. This is an interesting point that will surely be lost on the Trumpists in the GOP caucus who architected this problem long ago with a rule change as a condition of voting for former speaker Kevin McCarthy: One of its selling points -- at least for any voter disenchanted with each party's hard line -- is that it favo

    Reblogged:How Mike Rowe's Adventures Started

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Ever since I stumbled across Dirty Jobs and Deadliest Catch a couple of decades ago, I've been a fan of Mike Rowe, whose narration career runs strong even as he has branched out. Rowe now runs a foundation to promote education in skilled trades that don't typically require a college education, and he founded a whiskey distillery named after his grandfather, among other things. The last fact I learned from Salena Zito's piece on Rowe that appears in the Washington Examiner. It was interesting

    The Donations Boycott

    Reidy
    By Reidy,
    The recent moves by big donors away from donating to universities (e.g.) is interesting, for one reason, because it's just what Rand was advising decades ago. She said it as far back as the 60s. Here's an example from 1982.

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