Re:Malcolm Gladwell versus Ayn Rand: Who is right?
by brm on Monday November 10, 2008 @02:37PM
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"Right" is such a silly word for discussing philosophies, it implies an absolute and dealing in absolutes is one of the easiest ways to get yourself in trouble from a decision making based on philosophical opinions standpoint
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Re:Malcolm Gladwell versus Ayn Rand: Who is right?
by prospero on Monday November 10, 2008 @02:58PM
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True, but Rand's philosophy deals entirely in absolutes, and is resistant to reconciliation with any other philosophy. Any golden mean approach need not apply.
So, yes, it's a silly word, but by that same measure Objectivism is a silly philosophy.
Re:Malcolm Gladwell versus Ayn Rand: Who is right?
by unalone on Monday November 10, 2008 @03:10PM
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It's a silly philosophy with some grains of truth behind it. I think it's absolutely worth studying.
Similarly, I doubt anybody would call Gladwell's writings a "philosophy." He doesn't write all his books with a single, unified theory around them. Each one pursues a separate venue.