“If I were to start again as an undergraduate, I would major in philosophy,” said Matthew Goldstein, the CUNY chancellor, who majored in mathematics and statistics. “I think that subject is really at the core of just about everything we do. If you study humanities or political systems or sciences in general, philosophy is really the mother ship from which all of these disciplines grow.”
Well, this could be a good thing or a bad thing for Objectivism. More people could become interested, or there will be more people spewing out falsehoods and make it harder to advance our ideas.
Remember that evil can only win by default, that is, if you don’t do anything. Philosophy gaining more interest would be a step in the right direction because it is a step, unlike in the past when people were more apt to say “Philosophy? Psh!”
Also, take into consideration the growing academic interest in Objectivism. ARI has its own undergraduate program, there’s the VanDamme academy in California, which is operated by Objectivists; and, correct me if I’m mistaken, but I believe Tara Smith has gained a chair on an educational board designed to spread Objectivist education. There’s more likely more examples, but that’s all I can think of now.
Even if the Kantians and the hopelessly contradictory Humians* become more explicit and active, we have ourselves and our own to help argue the issues. In other words, the intellectual war will start; that being a good thing.
*Have you ever noticed that accepting Humian non-epistemology literally makes it so one cannot act or speak without contradicting in every manner? Interesting thing I noticed this weekend.