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It's funny but I think what he's pointing out is that it's pretty easy to write a funny parody of a straw man argument.
by zzzmarcus 18y ago
It's funny but I think what he's pointing out is that it's pretty easy to write a funny parody of a straw man argument.
- msluyter 18y agoWhich is what Atlas Shrugged is, arguably.
- unalone 18y agoYeah, but it takes itself seriously. A parody straw man argument doesn't make you think, and that's an essential for good comedy. I read a very good parody of Atlas a while ago. It didn't take words from Rand and mash them up (like this does) - it does a good job of emulating her style while criticizing her ideas. This one's less clever than that, which is a shame.
- mmmurf 18y agoThis one reads like it was written by someone who got through the first 50 pages of Atlas Shrugged, read the cliffs notes, got a D on a paper, and has resented the style and the ideas ever since.
- lacker 18y agoI agree. But it is also funny.
- aaronblohowiak 18y agoLink or more info to that work, please!
- unalone 18y agoThis is the one I found really funny. It's still not brilliant, but it's good: http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~wilson/aynrand.pdf http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~wilson/aynrand.pdf The man nodded. His nod seemed to reject the possibility of objective thought. I also like this one, even though it's not nearly as good. http://www.spudworks.com/article/66/2/ http://www.spudworks.com/article/66/2/
- mmmurf 18y agoCould you elaborate on this?