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Sean Conn, via Yaron Brook:
I'm frightened by people who claim to have loved Atlas Shrugged: a book that celebrates the mind, hard work, not mooching off of others, and living life the way you want (without interfering with anyone else's freedom) and then say they have 'outgrown' it. What does this mean? You have grown up, and now believe in stealing from others? That life is hopeless? That men should deal with each other by force and government can openly steal your earnings?

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The Witch-Doctors of the past have by and large been replaced by the Which-Doctors of the present.

Instead of the reliance of one's own mind as the final arbiter, encouragement to seek out the Which-Doctors is almost ubiquitous. Which career should I seek? Which house should I buy? Which foods should I be eating? Which set of answers should I be seeking to implement.

When the Patients are ready, the Doctors will appear.

What would you ask Dr. Tara Smith if you had the chance to exchange pleasantries with her over a cup of coffee?

...."Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level, beat you with experience, and bystanders will never know the difference."

Any war declared on an inanimate object cannot go well. - Yaron Brook

Attractive woman: "Isn't it odd? When a politician or a movie star retires, we read front page stories about it. But when a philosopher retires, people do not even notice it." Francisco: "They do, eventually."

Causality. The world is just full of it.

Entities are really something. Have you ever noticed that every action has some entity aiding and abetting it?

Have you picked up your "after-market" owners manual for the mind yet?

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If I think I explained it, and you think you do not understand it, was it my ability to explain it or was it your ability to understand it that I don't understand. Could you please explain?

If the process of integration is replaced by and large with a process of association, what does it do to the process of conceptualization?

In order to understand man, or any other human concern, one must understand concepts. One must discover what they are, how they are formed, and how they are used and often misused, in the quest for knowledge.

In Relativity, by Einstein, it appears that he is describing things relative to how he sees them.

Judge not, lest you also be judged - sounds like the inscription on a 'moral blank check'. It should read: Judge, and prepare to be judged.

Jupiter does have moons, at least when the clouds are not obsuring them.

Jupiter looks even larger. With a little practice, you can even make out that stripe.

Jupiter, by far, has to be my favorite planet to put in the objective lens!

Learn how to learn. Once you learn how to identify and integrate the material provided by your senses, it all starts to make sense.

Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

On their annual migratory return to the boreal forest or taiga habitat, the buffleheads stop by for yet another meal.

Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.

Reality is where we observe causal relationships. Or could it be that perceiving causal relationships is when we observe reality?

Saw a "tie-dyed" VW bug today. It certainly says "Notice me" colorfully.