Hank Rearden

Jennifer, I enjoyed your thoughtful response.

I prefer to obtain my facts concerning Objectivism from primary sources such as Ayn Rand's essays or Leonard Peikoff's postings (or from well-cited and logical scholarly sources). I joined this forum in an effort to learn about how others are implementing the principles of Objectivism within their own modern lifestyles.

I am relatively new to the philosophy of Objectivism, but I have already observed what Leonard Peikoff calls a "...puritanical streak in many Objectivists." While he was not referring to this website when he made this statement (the context of which will be presented below), I have seen it in these message boards--specifically dealing with the issues of alcohol use and sexuality. Since the copyright of Leonard Peikoff explicitly requests that none of his material be reproduced without permission, I will simply post the user-submitted questions from www.Peikoff.com that address these issues. Please navigate to the website and read his interesting responses. If the reproduction of the user-submitted questions on this discussion board violates copyright laws, I request that the administrator remove them and notify me so I may rephrase my post in a cogent manner. Question 1: Question 2: I am choosing not to point out specific examples from this forum because I am more interested in your responses to Peikoff's statements than to my observations, which may be subjective.

Hello all! I am a Bioengineering (Complex Systems) student studying at Binghamton University. For more information about me, see my profile biography. If you want to know more about what I do, feel free to ask me. For a brief (yes, brief) overview of some of the topics I deal with, see the following paper: Emergent Behavior in Biological Systems. The story concerning my discovery of Objectivism is an interesting one. On another social network, I had read a profile of a self-styled "John Galt" and found the following famous excerpt: I purchased the book and consumed it within a matter of weeks. Ever since then, I've wanted to learn more about Objectivism. Because I perform important research at my university and plan to pursue a doctoral degree in my field (and due to the fact that I am aware of the Internet's "infinite" memory), all my postings and responses will be maintained on a professional level. If anyone would like to discuss more personal issues (after acquaintance, of course), they are free to IM me. P.S. For any of you that are associated with the IEEE, keep in mind that I am running for IEEE EMBS Student Representative. My biography and position statement will be distributed to IEEE members in the upcoming months.