News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on "Francisco's Money Speech" by Ayn Rand. Parent comment

Re:"Francisco's Money Speech" by Ayn Rand by antigone on Sunday March 01, 2009 @06:05PM (#499420)
"but absolute truth shall ever elude humans in this complex world."

“There are no absolutes,” they chatter, blanking out the fact that they are uttering an absolute. - Galt's Speech

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:"Francisco's Money Speech" by Ayn Rand by unalone on Sunday March 01, 2009 @07:40PM (#499510)
That's a great quote, and it's got a wonderful ring to it, but she's erecting a straw man. "It is extremely unlikely that anything complex can be understood in any entirety" is essentially "There are no absolutes", and it's more absolutely true.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:"Francisco's Money Speech" by Ayn Rand by jacoblyles on Monday March 02, 2009 @03:15PM (#500555)
There are plenty of absolutely true tautologies, but few absolute truths that are interesting at all.
[ Parent | on HN ]