tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post7731341895690497470..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: 10-30-10 HodgepodgeGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-19561465623711085442010-11-05T07:56:27.049-06:002010-11-05T07:56:27.049-06:00Kendall,
Thank you for mentioning that, and I hav...Kendall,<br /><br />Thank you for mentioning that, and I have to admit being embarrassed not to have caught that myself.<br /><br />Specifically, she says, "be prepared." This really means, "know what you're talking about." No more. No less.<br /><br />There can be numerous reasons why stating one's rationale for a given judgement can be inappropriate, even if only because it is not the enquirer's business.<br /><br />GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-27221520296793082502010-11-05T06:40:36.186-06:002010-11-05T06:40:36.186-06:00Gus, I know you have already retracted this statem...Gus, I know you have already retracted this statement, but since this use the Rand citation that I find most egregiously misquoted I wanted to leave a clarfication.<br /><br />*Even if* Peikoff had morally condemned McCaskey, the Rand citation does not in any way imply that he is obligated to explain himself. A very clear reading of the Rand essay shows that the fact of morally condemning *in and of itself* is not sufficient to obligate explanation.<br /><br />It is a very sloppy piece of logic on Biddle's part.Kendall Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17347999421000858925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-29896426938931725312010-10-31T12:45:02.769-06:002010-10-31T12:45:02.769-06:00I'm not a video gamer, but I vaguely recall a ...I'm not a video gamer, but I vaguely recall a Rand reference within a video game itself something like a year or so ago.<br /><br />It's nice to have such a thing be endemic!Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-73730735756820105472010-10-31T11:28:01.656-06:002010-10-31T11:28:01.656-06:00Heh, the popping up everywhere thing is practicall...Heh, the popping up everywhere thing is practically endemic. Yahtzee Crowshaw, a VIDEO GAME reviewer on the ESCAPIST has mentioned Ayn Rand and/or Objectivism like FOUR TIMES in his reviews.<br /><br />That is FOUR TIMES more than he's mentioned any other philosophy/philosopher. Ever.Jennifer Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039865566870992465noreply@blogger.com