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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: just johnjust john Date: Sep 24, 2007 07:19
On Sep 23, 1:16 pm, GatherNoMoss yahoo.com> wrote:> On Sep 21, 6:11 pm, just john sneakemail.com> wrote:
>>>> Have you even read her books ?
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>> Let's see: The premise is that all the Smart People get convinced to
>> hide All At Once, in the Same Place. And if you didn't, then by
>> definition, you were not a Smart Person.
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> Ahh....that's as bad a summation of a 800 (?) page book as I've seen.
It's better than the book deserves.
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> Now I'm really curious....have you actually read the book ?
Yup, a few decades ago, when I was in my twenties, and for maybe a
couple years I thought it was brilliant.
Then I tried applying its assumptions to real life.
Just try to get a room full of smart people to agree on where to have
lunch, and you'll start to see how flawed the basic premise of "Atlas
Shrugged" really is.
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