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  1. Iron Man

    in Movies, Shows, and Theatre

    Posted

    Watched it, loved it. That movie is really, really great in its characterization, acting, special effects, plot - everything. Well, yes, plot is a bit predictable -

    that brief dialog with Stein about budget and that-suit-you-sleep-in (forgot how it's called in English) was a major giveaway

    .

    The philosophical hype I've seen in this thread seems out of place, IMO. It's just an action flick, after all. Come on!

    P.S.:

    There's gonna be Avengers cross-over with Samuel L. Jackson, WOW!!!

  2. how is reality absolute?

    in Metaphysics and Epistemology

    Posted

    In precise philosophical terms, the first two Axioms followed by objectivists cover this:

    What do you mean, followed?

    In a world where everything changes and living organisms evolve subject to speciation what/where is the firm, absolute reality Miss Rand refers to?

    Yes, things change, but not randomly or unpredictably. Anything that is has particular properties that make it distinguishable from anything else. Moreover, when something changes, these changes are constrained by its potential - what it can become. You don't observe chaos of unclear, constantly and randomly changing flux, do you? On the contrary, you observe the Universe comprised of things that can be studied, along with the laws that drive any changes in them.

  8. College gift of Atlas Shrugged causes controversy.

    in Intellectuals and the Media

    Posted

    Interesting article. I noticed that in describing Objectivism, it is stated that it is a capitalist, egoist, atheist philosophy, but nowhere mentioned is its most important characteristic--that it's rational.

    Also, the last para is distasteful, as is overall tone of the article--it can be rephrased as "Mr. Allison viciously exploited colleges need for money in his own interest, and he doesn't even think he's wrong."

  12. Do Your Parents Know?

    in Psychology and Self Improvement

    Posted · Edited by lex_aver

    BWT, it's really strange to see the people thinking that "coming out" as atheist is probably more difficult than coming out as gay. What's with America?

    I mean, all religious people I met were very bitter when I started talk about their faith, they were struggling to evade how irrational their faith is. I know, there is a whole history of violent eradication of religion in my country, but I just don't get how anyone who finished college can be so preachy and righteous.

    Edited: fixed ambiguity.

  14. Do Your Parents Know?

    in Psychology and Self Improvement

    Posted

    Thankfully, I live in a country where atheism was enforced for generations, so I don't have problems because of it. My mom may get bitter, but that's the worst thing that had ever happened to me.

    I should tell, however, that I loved science from very youth, so my humanist vies were never a surprise to anyone.

  19. The Media you consume

    in Questions about Objectivism

    Posted

    Books

    Dieting for Dummies by Jane Kirby, Getting Things Done by David Allen (soon), Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche, ITOE by Ayn Rand (hopefully soon).

    News

    Only news feeds: StarcraftTwo.com, bbcrussian.com, igromania.ru. Hmm, I just realized I gotta rework the list :lol:

    Periodicals

    Igromania (f*ck), Mir Fantastiki, Men's Health (VERY rarely). Can anyone recommend some international magazines?

    TV is off.

    Blogs

    Mostly LJs of people I got to know, used to monitor Cox & Forkum before it closed. Can anyone recommend me stuff?

    Podcasts

    Leonard Peikoff's. I'm totally lost here, dunno how to find good ones.

  20. Antichrist

    in Ethics

    Posted

    I'm reading The Antichrist now. Absolutely love it - after what I read about Nietzsche seeing him exposing great ideas is wonderful. Who else read that book? What can you say about it? Are his other books also great?

  22. Carthage

    in Productivity

    Posted · Edited by lex_aver

    I'd appreciate good remarks and criticism.

    Carthage

    At the African coast of Mediterranean lies Carthage, a city of great heroes and history.

    According to a legend, Carthage was founded in 814 BC. The founder of the city, exiled Phoenician princess Elissa, came to the seashore seeking a place for settlement. She asked locals to give her as much land as covered by ox hide. When they agreed, she cut it to stripes and encircled nearby hill with them. There the city of Carthage was founded, and Elissa became known as Queen Dido.

    Carthage quickly rose to prominence and became center of its region. Its great political influence ensured a conflict with another rising power—Rome. For Carthage this conflict, known as Punic Wars, ended tragically. Despite great effort by Commander Hannibal, who invaded Italy and had been sustaining menacing army there for 15 years, Carthage had lost Second Punic War and was destroyed by Roman forces.

    However, Romans subsequently rebuilt Carthage and it had been one of Rome’s greatest cities till the fall of the Empire. Now it is in ruins, but its glory lives.

  24. Cognitive relativism

    in Debates

    Posted

    Because the emotions, feelings, values and cognition you have all happen to you. It is a fact of reality that language, cognition and emotions happen in individuals as individuals.

    Yet they have no relation to an entity in question - Hitler.

  25. Cognitive relativism

    in Debates

    Posted

    Feelings about an entity do not constitute valid basis to claim about this entity, only about your mind. If you deny that man can be objectively evil, why do you use a concept of evil? And how does it amount to your epistemological theory,which is the only thing we agreed to discuss at the debate? Why do you refuse to answer my questions about it plainly?

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