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Point taken, but as an aside, I'm just guessing that RMS was way too smart and knowledgeable to fall for Ayn Rand, for long. Some people with no other frame (e
by neilv 10mo ago
Point taken, but as an aside, I'm just guessing that RMS was way too smart and knowledgeable to fall for Ayn Rand, for long.
Some people with no other frame (e.g., very insulated teenagers) might accept the given values she proposes (because, why not), but if you read when she tries to make a direct argument, it's clearly shoddy and manipulative, with confident big leaps of logic that she's trying to sneak past the listener.
- randallsquared 10mo agoI don't think the point was taken. Whether someone found Rand illuminating and convincing is more about path dependence than intelligence.
- ElectronCharge 10mo agoAyn Rand had many insightful ideas, however she took them to an extreme.
- DANmode 10mo agoThis would be a better comment with an example.