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| I'm not so sure of that; I think Rand and her followers' failure to understand science and extreme skepticism towards, for example, quantum mechanics and even evolution stems from a deeper problem, one that I believe can be summed up in one word: Arrogance. ] (]) 04:49, 17 January 2009 (UTC) | I'm not so sure of that; I think Rand and her followers' failure to understand science and extreme skepticism towards, for example, quantum mechanics and even evolution stems from a deeper problem, one that I believe can be summed up in one word: Arrogance. ] (]) 04:49, 17 January 2009 (UTC) | ||
| ::Ha! I'm an objectivist and I accept quantum mechanics, evolution, and understand science quite well. Keep generalizing though, it's so much fun! ] (]) 19:45, 18 January 2009 (UTC) | ::Ha! I'm an objectivist and I accept quantum mechanics, evolution, and understand science quite well. Keep generalizing though, it's so much fun! ] (]) 19:45, 18 January 2009 (UTC) | ||
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Noam Chomsky
Surely it would be more accurate to say that Pinker continues to disagree with Chomsky on this fundamental point -- rather than his "clarification"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dynablaster (talk • contribs) 20:32, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
For the moment, can we not just say that "Chomsky's ideas on the evolution of language and the language faculty has been contested by Pinker and linguist Ray Jackendoff"? Peer review is perfectly normal. Saying Pinker contests Chomsky's clarification makes it seem as though there is something unusual about the manner of his reply. If you see my point? Dynablaster (talk) 02:31, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
That would be fine. Dynablaster (talk) 02:37, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
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Ayn Rand
Hi, you are doing great work on the Rand article. However, the introduction has been damaged a lot, mainly because the continuous reversions since my rewrite yesterday have left footnotes in the wrong place, sentences removed because apparently out of context after poor edits and so on. I have not attempted a reconstruction, but I have left some notes on the talk page. There is one person there (I am sure you know who I mean) who tends to insert poorly-thought and poorly-worded edits without regard for overall meaning or flow. Best Peter Damian (talk) 12:40, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
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Relativism/Russian philosophy
If there is one thing I have learned dealing with Objectivists, it's that the meaning of the word "nuance" is totally lost on them (and also that they are COMPLETELY Eurocentric). Thus if someone supports relativism in any case, clearly the logical conclusion is that to them things like the Holocaust or Rwanda are also relative. It is, as you say, bonkers. TallNapoleon (talk) 21:46, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
Rand and Science
I'm not so sure of that; I think Rand and her followers' failure to understand science and extreme skepticism towards, for example, quantum mechanics and even evolution stems from a deeper problem, one that I believe can be summed up in one word: Arrogance. TallNapoleon (talk) 04:49, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
- Ha! I'm an objectivist and I accept quantum mechanics, evolution, and understand science quite well. Keep generalizing though, it's so much fun! Ethan a dawe (talk) 19:45, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
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