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by stablenode 5y ago
Oh :) Yes, that's right. Fixed it now.
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by stablenode 5y ago
Objectivism has a lot to do with objectivity. I'm sorry if this is news for you. How reality is perceived and how objective knowledge is attained are at the core of this doctrine -- without these one cannot even talk about rational pur
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by stablenode 5y ago
That's a novel argument. I believe what Rand was ultimately concerned with was a morality that is rational and objective; the idea being that one only needs to rely on one's own reason in order to judge what is moral and what is n
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by stablenode 5y ago
@yboris. Your account says that you are an 'Effective Altruist'. In a nutshell, Ayn Rand believes that altruism is immoral and argues why. Given your eloquently put understanding of her philosophy, I doubt that you are interested
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by stablenode 5y ago
You're quite right. Arguably, an attempt at formulating an objective morality has been made: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism . However, it is anathema on HN.
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by stablenode 5y ago
Whoa. Calm down. a) I'm not in China, and yes it would be reasonable to mention Chinese economic progress lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty by shifting towards a capitalist economic model under Deng Xiaoping, starting around
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by stablenode 5y ago
Exactly! Just look at those mad fools in China -- they'll never have it as good as they had it in 1979.
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by stablenode 5y ago
> Speaking about legality is so much better than speaking about morality, yes? It isn't better, nor is it worse; it is merely more objective, that's all. > I wasn't aware we were making economic arguments- after all you
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by stablenode 5y ago
Similar story here. Perhaps arts degrees are different, but I could not relate this piece to any of my experiences from when I was studying for a CS degree. It felt as though the author was writing about a different country.
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by stablenode 5y ago
Ok. This sounds like a bit of a change of subject, but I think I follow. This all sounds a bit general: which 'underpaid workers' (and what is 'underpaid'?), which bosses, and how much are they 'raking in', is
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by stablenode 5y ago
Could you develop that point? I went to a northern comprehensive; I now lecture CS, but I have no recollection of being 'stepped on' by the Tarquins and Glorias of this world along the way -- in fact, I always felt that it is they
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by stablenode 5y ago
@odshoifsdhfs: Well, I hate to quibble, but it's actually 'Belarusian' (just one 's', you see). I've lived in Western Europe (UK) nearly all my life and I'm afraid I disagree with you fundamentally: '
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by stablenode 5y ago
Hey @andonceagain (created 1 hour ago, karma: 5), you didn't answer to my reply 'Thanks @andonceagain (created 29mins ago, karma: 2). I always wondered is the view of the Laptev Sea as depressing as they say?' Don't be r
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by stablenode 5y ago
It's amazing how every time Ukraine is mentioned in a thread, a poster (from Mukhosransk or some such place) suddenly appears to tell everyone about the virtues of living in an authoritarian petrostate.
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by stablenode 6y ago
What exactly constitutes a 'major technological advance'? If we're counting Turing Awards by university affiliation, then I believe 90% is probably a good estimate for the US share ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by stablenode 6y ago
feanaro: fine, if you think so. I find it interesting that actual mathematicians working in Category Theory, such as Tom Leinster (who wrote a lovely little introductory text on Category Theory [not covering monads though] and made it freel
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by stablenode 6y ago
"Are you the high priest and decider of the usefulness of mathematics? To be honest, it almost sounds like some category theorist was super mean to you..." Interesting and totally not ad hominem response... I believe Kevin Buzzard