colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (05/27/85)
["A is for Atlas." --Rand McNally] > > Those who have acquiesced to the point that they are no longer > > believe that it is possible to know something with certainty have become > > the destroyers of science, and the haters of any other rational > > endeavor. It is my opinion that SUPERFORCE ignores the axiom of > > existence and proceeds to mutilate the concepts by which we interpret an > > objective reality. By mutilating these concepts, the author is > > mutilating man's mind. > > HEAR, HEAR! I am one of those unfortunately few who believe in an objective > reality. I particularly take exception to the notion that merely to observe > something results in changing it. The very simplest example can easily prove > this is a "truth": see that peri^od? How does it change when I turn my eyes > in it's direction, and then look away? I don't think it changed in anyway > whatsoever. It is still a area piece of phosphorescent material that was > excited by electons until it glowed. Only as you read this, it is doing it > on YOUR screen, not mine. It's still the same piece of data, though. Whether > it persists or not is another thing. Would you please move this one-sided "discussion" to net.philosophy, where it belongs? (Or does it indeed belong in net.books? Objectivists are the only "philosophers" I know of who model the world on A's and periods.) -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel
mike@hpfclp.UUCP (06/12/85)
["A is for Atlas Shrugged." --Rand] > Would you please move this one-sided "discussion" to net.philosophy, where > it belongs? (Or does it indeed belong in net.books? Objectivists are the > only "philosophers" I know of who model the world on A's and periods.) > -- > Col. G. L. Sicherman > ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel Go away and leave us alone.