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My precocious little Brazil Nut, it appears you have fallen down a mental rabbit hole. As a suggestion: spend less time stroking yourself with arcane academic topics such as Schrodinger's Cat paradox and various "logics" that tell you that A=A and at the same time A = not A....that 2+2=22 and...

1) Objectivists are completely opposed to the Federal Reserve System as an egregious violation of the principles of capitalism -- as is any governmental manipulation of the money supply. Greenspan was in a position that is anathema to objectivists. Not sure anyone can make it much clearer to...

Hmm, didn't exactly expect this from you Jeff, but ok: http://masteroftheuniverse.com/ I'm afraid the content will exacerbate the Brazilian Pretzel's 'aggression' concern.

Jeff, this is something Gringo learned on wikipedia and "two decades on philosophical forums". How can one question that? Earlier in the thread the dumbass claims he is aware of Ayn's historical facts. As it turns out, he doesn't even know the basic ones -- for example, that Ayn was happily...

T. Boone Pickens as Ellis Wyatt Ross Perot as Midas Mulligan Christopher Cox as Wet Nurse Ron Paul as Hank Rearden Aaron Copland (rip) as Richard Halley Leonard Piekoff as Hugh Akston Gringo The Brazilian Mind Bender as Dr. Simon Pritchett Monica Lewinsky as Cheryl Brooks ..and of...

Watching a person get himself all twisted up in contradictory thinking and bizarre paradox is truly funny...and I suppose a bit sad as well. Poor young Gringo, as a budding computer science nerd, got his ass kicked a lot and had to delve into all manner of fantasy to escape. I wonder if...

Gobbledygook. My response in order of the comments: You say Ayn was miserable in her personal life. If a person were to read Ayn's personal letters, he would see that Ayn had a very fulfilling and at many times joyful personal life. She was not miserable at all. She entertained and...

This is an example of a person educated beyond his intelligence.

Yes, on my way to Galt's Gulch. :-) It's almost time to go.

OK, fair enough. Your reply is the mark of an honest person. It occurs to me that what you love about Ayn Rand's fiction may well be the philosophy itself, hidden under the thin veneer of the story. If, for example, Atlas Shrugged resonates with you, then her philosophy will as well.

yep.

Greenspan was an objectivist at one time. However, by the time he became Fed Chair he no longer applied the principles in a full and integrated way. It's not an accident that he had been shunned by objectivists for years. Besides, the ability to raise and lower interest rates and blab...

Actually, Ayn Rand is a second rate author and a first rate philosopher.

Excellent post Pabst. In your opinion, are high quality US banks such as JP Morgan, US Bancorp, and Wells Fargo at significant risk without the bailout? As a consequence of your thinking, have you moved your cash to protective asset classes such as gold/silver?

Here's a tool that improves ET's Signal-to-Noise ratio: S/N Tool S/N Tool (prior version)

thanks for that -- that's a good laugh. The subset of folks who fall for your claims are by definition unsavvy. They have self-selected into the group known as 'gullible.' You have posted on these boards for years...and have ZERO known successful students. Z E R O. Show me one 'neighbor'...

Yes, Anek, you see, what you do is: make money from trading. That isn't anywhere close to: bullshitting unsavvy farmers into taking your seminar and buying your special indicator. Please Anek, in future, don't pollute ET with commentary about actual profitable trading -- that would exceed...

Speaking of homos, here is Jay 'Spirit' Castanza's latest market update: http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnabcNfjck I made it to 1 minute 43 seconds in the video and had to stop; couldn't bear it any longer. I confess I cheated a bit: I had Clockwork Orange style eye-openers attached...

There was one named Jay 'Spirit' Castanza, but he was instructed to leave. Apart from that, none. Why?

The good news is that you have the self-awareness to know that this refers to you. That is the first step -- admitting you have a problem. Good luck with recovery.