the new hedonist Posted October 20, 2024 Report Share Posted October 20, 2024 What did Ayn Rand say about obesity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Danneskjold Posted October 20, 2024 Report Share Posted October 20, 2024 Not much, as far as I'm aware, but from everything else she had to say about ethics one could infer quite a bit. Obesity shortens the length of your one and only irreplaceable life, and also degrades the quality of it. Do your best to avoid it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necrovore Posted October 20, 2024 Report Share Posted October 20, 2024 She did write something about how "avoiding sweets" could lead to weight loss, and that was in an essay about habits or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadmjones Posted October 21, 2024 Report Share Posted October 21, 2024 Obesity rates tripled in the US since Rand’s time which weirdly coincides with major food processing companies being bought by major tobacco producing companies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnyBoombatz Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 On 10/20/2024 at 2:39 PM, the new hedonist said: What did Ayn Rand say about obesity? How about smoking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boydstun Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 (edited) What did Ayn Rand say about Godiva chocolates? Or Neuhaus? Only someone painting this site as idiocy would pose such questions. Once upon a time, there were serious inquiries: Rand advocated the moral principle that humans should be guided exclusively by reason. But what about the emotional side of human nature? Why did Rand say that the rights of the individual should not be sacrificed to the interests of society? What did Rand think of the claim that the primary psychological need of human beings is to receive the approval and esteem of other people? Did Rand maintain the principle that everything in the universe has a cause? What did Rand think of the idea that everyone is selfish? What did Rand think were the obligations between parents and children? What did Rand think of the thesis that some things are unknowable? What did Rand think of agnosticism? What did Rand think of the idea that every living thing must grow, else perish? Edited March 18 by Boydstun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 11 hours ago, Boydstun said: What did Ayn Rand say about Godiva chocolates? Or Neuhaus? Only someone painting this site as idiocy would pose such questions. Once upon a time, there were serious inquiries: Rand advocated the moral principle that humans should be guided exclusively by reason. But what about the emotional side of human nature? Why did Rand say that the rights of the individual should not be sacrificed to the interests of society? What did Rand think of the claim that the primary psychological need of human beings is to receive the approval and esteem of other people? Did Rand maintain the principle that everything in the universe has a cause? What did Rand think of the idea that everyone is selfish? What did Rand think were the obligations between parents and children? What did Rand think of the thesis that some things are unknowable? What did Rand think of agnosticism? What did Rand think of the idea that every living thing must grow, else perish? While this is a good post, the issue is that the mindless now coming to our site do not know how to think in terms or essentials or principles, and therefore there complete inability to think leads them to asking unimportant questions about irrelevant concretes as random floating abstractions and without first considering any principled reality based answers themselves. It just shows how much intelligence has massively dropped across the majority of the world's population over the last 20 years and that most individuals are becoming mindless zombies. Glad to be completely immune to that myself as an Objectivist and genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadmjones Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 (edited) Internet communication has changed rather drastically in the last few decades, 'message boards' ain't what they used to be. Even when they were the rage , O'ism as a serious academic pursuit was a small fish in a big pond. Adherents and scoffers and their motivations drove the traffic and still does but given the internet's cultural changes there is less of a wider audience so the extremes 'stick out'. It's a big internet , but I still only post here and OL , but as a zealot I used to frequent the discussion boards on one or two other sites, never 'took' to the 'socials'. Edited March 18 by tadmjones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the new hedonist Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 On 3/18/2025 at 2:10 PM, EC said: While this is a good post, the issue is that the mindless now coming to our site do not know how to think in terms or essentials or principles, and therefore there complete inability to think leads them to asking unimportant questions about irrelevant concretes as random floating abstractions and without first considering any principled reality based answers themselves. It just shows how much intelligence has massively dropped across the majority of the world's population over the last 20 years and that most individuals are becoming mindless zombies. Glad to be completely immune to that myself as an Objectivist and genius. Jeez, I only asked a question. If you think intelligence has declined so much wouldn't one way to solve that be by eugenics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the new hedonist Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 On 3/18/2025 at 2:59 AM, Boydstun said: What did Ayn Rand say about Godiva chocolates? Or Neuhaus? Only someone painting this site as idiocy would pose such questions. Once upon a time, there were serious inquiries: Rand advocated the moral principle that humans should be guided exclusively by reason. But what about the emotional side of human nature? Why did Rand say that the rights of the individual should not be sacrificed to the interests of society? What did Rand think of the claim that the primary psychological need of human beings is to receive the approval and esteem of other people? Did Rand maintain the principle that everything in the universe has a cause? What did Rand think of the idea that everyone is selfish? What did Rand think were the obligations between parents and children? What did Rand think of the thesis that some things are unknowable? What did Rand think of agnosticism? What did Rand think of the idea that every living thing must grow, else perish? Why don't you answer these questions for a newbie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Morris Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 1 hour ago, the new hedonist said: Why don't you answer these questions for a newbie? Maybe you should try reading Ayn Rand yourself first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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