To all this objectivist talk I respond: to all things their own season.
What I listen for in every philosophy are absolutes. They are the 'tell' for intolerance.
When I was a kid playing basketball I was a pretty bad dribbler and my shots were lousy and off-balance but I learned pretty quickly how to 'read' a person's stance, their eyes, head position, and eventually whatever 'tells' they consistently presented before driving for a shot. I would strategically place myself in their path with my hands right where the ball was going to be. Result? Either they fouled me or the ball would pop right out into of one of my teammate's paths. Score!
We do not live in a binary world, so a discussion of opposites is often illusory. The ancient symbol of the yin and yang are superior to this form of thinking. In all good there is some bad and vice versa.
Next, back to this business of seasons. True, the weak require altruism. So do ones children. So do plants in the field. So do bees and crocodiles from time to time. When altruism is overused, like too much medicine, it becomes a problem. When objectivism is overused, similarly, it becomes a problem.
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To be clear, none of those quotes is mine. I was just rebutting the dissonant juxtaposition.
Child pornography should be allowed in some cases if you’re right since it’s not absolutely wrong; being there are no absolutes. Slavery and theft and murder must have their places too; etc, etc, etc.
We live in binary world in many senses; life itself being the prime example. Being alive or dead is pretty binary. And as programmers we deal in logic and math which is absolute; at least at the Newtonian level.
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We live in binary world in many senses; life itself being the prime example. Being alive or dead is pretty binary.
How do you map people in persistent vegetative states and unborn fetus' to 0 & 1?
How about someone in the first 4 minutes after their heart has stopped beating?
How about that same person after the four minutes is up, but before their nails and hair have stopped growing?
With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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WTF Your Mother, who is going glue back all those broken illusions?!
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