Re: Rand vs Randites, was Re: what, not an extropian?

From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon Jun 03 2002 - 16:12:42 MDT


I really think we all have a lot better stuff to do.

Michael M. Butler wrote:

> "E. Shaun Russell" wrote:
>
>
>>[...] Ayn Rand was just a starting point as far
>>as philosophies go; in my mind, she helped liberate the minds of
>>individuals who felt stuck inside a collective vacuum. There are many
>>flaws to her philosophy, and she herself was a hypocrite who needed a cult
>>of followers around her to help her feel secure. But why should this in
>>any way diminish the pure influence *some* aspects of her thought (not even
>>her philosophy) had on extropy.
>>
>
> This is a toughie--write a disclaimer for every book? Who writes it? "Says
> who?" All over again.
>
> Put it in the PreFAQs?
>
>



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