I mean come on, that’s a cheap, weak analogy. I haven’t finished yet but I’m compiling all of the good quotes from Atlas Shrugged. The book is full of these awesome quotes and truths that are portable to many other subjects of rationality.
It is far more real and relevant than you are giving it credit for.
How so? What is the meaning of this metaphor? Are you saying Rand’s view is outdated? Or is this a reference to Rand/Aristotle’s use of A priori reasoning? Something else? This kind of comment really does not offer any usable information.
Using an analogy like this seems artful, but does it have meaningful content to someone who does not already hold your view? If not, why bother writing it? Why not just say what you think is wrong with Rand’s view? There is a lot to criticize in Rand’s view of rationality and Aristotle’s physics, this kind of vague declaration isn’t useful to me. I see this kind of thing occasionally in LW, I don’t like it.
Reading Ayn Rand to learn about rationality is like reading Aristotle to learn about physics.
Really?
I mean come on, that’s a cheap, weak analogy. I haven’t finished yet but I’m compiling all of the good quotes from Atlas Shrugged. The book is full of these awesome quotes and truths that are portable to many other subjects of rationality.
It is far more real and relevant than you are giving it credit for.
How so? What is the meaning of this metaphor? Are you saying Rand’s view is outdated? Or is this a reference to Rand/Aristotle’s use of A priori reasoning? Something else? This kind of comment really does not offer any usable information.
Using an analogy like this seems artful, but does it have meaningful content to someone who does not already hold your view? If not, why bother writing it? Why not just say what you think is wrong with Rand’s view? There is a lot to criticize in Rand’s view of rationality and Aristotle’s physics, this kind of vague declaration isn’t useful to me. I see this kind of thing occasionally in LW, I don’t like it.
So then … what is reading Ayn Rand to learn about Aristotle like? :-P
I have no idea.