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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

    An end to Iran?

    Harrison Danneskjold
    By Harrison Danneskjold,
    I'm splitting this thread off from the Origins of the Kashmir Conflict, where I'd been bitching about Trump's apparent inability or unwillingness to deal with Iran. In the last couple of days Israel has been stomping on Iran pretty thoroughly, and as of right now I haven't heard any indication that they intend to stop soon.  I'm quite pleased with this.  I said some unkind things in that thread about Trump's foreign policy in his second term which I'm not sure were warranted now.  

    What is "Woke"?

    Harrison Danneskjold
    By Harrison Danneskjold,
    I'm curious to see what people on OO would define "wokeness" as.  What is "woke"? Here are a few of my own thoughts which I think are relevant to the question.    

    Origins of Kashmir Conflict

    human_murda
    By human_murda,
    Here is the gist of how the Kashmir conflict started in India: British India consisted of regions that were directly controlled by the British as well as ~500 kingdoms that were subsidiary to the British: Myanmar was separated from British India in 1937. When they left, the British partitioned the regions that were directly controlled by the them into a Muslim majority Pakistan and a secular India (mostly Hindu but also included non-Hindu, non-Muslim areas). The ~500 kingdoms wer

    The Way of Kings by Branden Sanderson

    Harrison Danneskjold
    By Harrison Danneskjold,
    This is a remarkable fantasy book.  I've listened to all five audiobooks in the Stormlight archive now (The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, Rhythm of War and Wind and Truth) and, although the later ones don't hold up quite as well in comparison to the first, they're all great. I'd be interested in discussing some of the themes in them with those who have read the books.  The degree of altruism involved in Kaladin's story arc, the proper role of therapy, Taravangion, Jasnah and

    Why Naturalism Cannot Think

    KyaryPamyu
    By KyaryPamyu,
    The only thinking that exists is present thinking. This insight is, by necessity, utterly obscure to naturalism. Let us see why. When I talk about a friend’s thinking, or my own thinking from the past, or Galileo’s thinking, this “thinking” is actually always—without exception—an object, something thought about in some presently ongoing thinking. In short, the nature of thought is performative. An object of thinking is not truly thinking. “So what?” common sense asks. “Those abstract obj

    Reblogged:Flag Burning Must Remain Legal

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    Editor's Note: Due to personal obligations, I am unlikely to blog until June 23, and will be present on X/Twitter irregularly. *** I hear that Trump wants to imprison people who burn the flag, which is both red meat for his base and exemplary of his failure to appreciate the nature of our system of government. Trump's sentiment is nothing new among social conservatives, and the silver lining to this fact is that there are ample explanations for why this would be wrong. Indeed, in 1990, The Ass

    Reblogged:Sex Bland (Also) Sells ...

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    ... and Other Free Market Discoveries At Marginal Revolution, Alex Tabarrok brings up a great feature of free markets:He brings this up in answer to naysayers who doubt that anyone wants, for example, "to pay thousands to save a few hours" on a supersonic flight. Tabarrok's reply of bottled water illustrates something else that might have seemed too expensive to be a market success, and then adds another:The letter grade brought to my mind another example, Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers:This ch

    Reblogged:TACO is the Left's 'Owning the Libs'

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A journalist in the financial press noticed that Trump often reduced tariff rates in time for stock trading on Tuesday, and coined the term TACO Tuesday. The acronym stands for Trump Always Chickens Out. Predictably, this annoys the Snowflake in Chief, so many Democrats have doubled down on the chance to annoy Donald Trump:As the rest of Zeeshan Aleem's opinion piece shows, not everyone on that side of the aisle is laughing or on board with this kind of provocation. Aleem elaborates on three re

    Native America Agriculture

    Doug Morris
    By Doug Morris,
    An article in NPR indicates that Native American agriculture was more extensive than previously known. Science LISTEN & FOLLOW   A surprise find in Michigan shows the extent of ancient Native American agriculture June 6, 20256:00 AM ET   Nell Greenfieldboyce   Jonath

    Reblogged:Four Random Things

    Gus Van Horn blog
    By Gus Van Horn blog,
    A Friday Hodgepodge 1. I have no concrete plans to visit Vegas, but if I do, I plan to refresh my memory of Krista Diamond's list of "15 Unwritten Rules of Visiting Las Vegas." The below snippet from her intro should serve to establish her credentials in terms of knowledge and writing ability:It's a fun and thorough piece: The points run the gamut from the mandatory (stay hydrated), through the expected (respect the tipping culture), to the optional (consider enjoying natural wonders). I'm not

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