Thunderdog,
yes - you are right that her philosophy is "underthought". That is why so many young people get infatuated with her philosophy. It is at the breaking time between growing out of teenager and into adulthood that the great rebellion sort of transforms into more logic and structure of your life as an adult person. Therefore - the pre-fabricated strategy and reasoning presented in the Objectivism "shrinkwrap" appeals to many young people - becoming adults.
However, as those familiar with Jungian psychology and personality typing knows, we tend to get "rounder" in our views as we become older and wiser. That is because, besides our dominant personality traits developed during the time growing up, we learn about other people and their views - different than others - and we understand that other people are not crazy, they just see things differently - for a reason. Also other people use just as good reasoning many times.
nokomisjeff,
you might throw your Ph.D around, and I have only a "mere M.Sc." but I can tell you that I have debunked several people with Ph.Ds in my time, in business competition and in discussions - so it would not be a first. Also, your personal knowledge of her does in no way invalidate my, nor the consensus, analysis of Ayn Rand as having underdeveloped interpersonal/emotional skills.
As you might be familiar with - personality typing can be done from "afar". Mine is ENTJ and ENFJ - mixed, and I think that shows in my interactions too. I'm pretty fearless... even in "real life".
Strong scientific basis and theories are at the core of Neocons as well - and they are elitist lunatics in my book. I hold Objectivists as more mellow than Neocons - from personal experience as well as from the different theories from Neocons and Objectivists. Also, I understand the "road to Objectisim" and appeal at an early age.
You should be careful with aggressive and authoritarian philosophies, in contrast to more open-mindedness. There was another great nation in the last century that got under the spell of such rhetoric, and strayed from common sense reasoning into purely social Darwinism and strict hierarchical control.
yes - you are right that her philosophy is "underthought". That is why so many young people get infatuated with her philosophy. It is at the breaking time between growing out of teenager and into adulthood that the great rebellion sort of transforms into more logic and structure of your life as an adult person. Therefore - the pre-fabricated strategy and reasoning presented in the Objectivism "shrinkwrap" appeals to many young people - becoming adults.
However, as those familiar with Jungian psychology and personality typing knows, we tend to get "rounder" in our views as we become older and wiser. That is because, besides our dominant personality traits developed during the time growing up, we learn about other people and their views - different than others - and we understand that other people are not crazy, they just see things differently - for a reason. Also other people use just as good reasoning many times.
nokomisjeff,
you might throw your Ph.D around, and I have only a "mere M.Sc." but I can tell you that I have debunked several people with Ph.Ds in my time, in business competition and in discussions - so it would not be a first. Also, your personal knowledge of her does in no way invalidate my, nor the consensus, analysis of Ayn Rand as having underdeveloped interpersonal/emotional skills.
As you might be familiar with - personality typing can be done from "afar". Mine is ENTJ and ENFJ - mixed, and I think that shows in my interactions too. I'm pretty fearless... even in "real life".
Strong scientific basis and theories are at the core of Neocons as well - and they are elitist lunatics in my book. I hold Objectivists as more mellow than Neocons - from personal experience as well as from the different theories from Neocons and Objectivists. Also, I understand the "road to Objectisim" and appeal at an early age.
You should be careful with aggressive and authoritarian philosophies, in contrast to more open-mindedness. There was another great nation in the last century that got under the spell of such rhetoric, and strayed from common sense reasoning into purely social Darwinism and strict hierarchical control.
