Um, that question was for us, johnpe1.

I have not met anyone who acts that way and those who would are not objectivist.

john, should this be its own post?

it's my life

hoozah

I'm good with that-I'd pick Lake City instead. but I'll be there in two days from now. camping.

ah, vette, meet our minniepuck, our editor.

sorry john-objectification

we have bben laughing. Yes, non mooch, we have not forgotten our password and your ick factor. lol

been playing how fun

I want to hear in detail your projects. the gulch creates its own scholarship, tech

playing with your puzzle tonight. so much fun

I got to do that tonight, LS's husband made db and I practice our shooting

lol. LS and I are in the peals category of laughter zen

Great presentation, db, most enlightening, engaging, one of the clearest speaking styles of the weekend. Delightful visuals, too. Here's the haiku you inspired:

Mind finds ideas
To meet life's requirements:
Growth is life's patent.

We live in the greater Phoenix area to and wish we could meet. However, we are caught in a Rearden like, legal issue, and just can't make the time available.

Having been forced to deal with it, my opinion of the Federal Court System is pretty low. The best analogy I can think of is that of dealing with the system is like dealing with a mean, spoiled out of control, unreasonable, obnoxious child.

Have a safe trip!!!!!!!!

a woman, not a goddess ... but whatta woman!!! -- j
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I was 14 when I read The Fountainhead. I bought 2 more copies (soft cover) and used the 2 of them to tape Roark's speech to my bedroom wall.

Imagine the holes!!

Cooking with gas! Lol. Non sequitur.

It happens. I'll give you a pass... THIS time, hahaha..

Thanks, kh, for your appreciation of my "playable art". For the puzzle Dale got, please check these webpages for additional activities for the set and maybe even print them out to include with your gift: www.gamepuzzles.com/v21alph.htm and www.gamepuzzles.com/25holes.htm and www.gamepuzzles.com/3color.htm

the problem, Herb, is that I fell in love with Rand
when I was 15. . ingrained, dyed in the wool, but
yes she was just a person. . I like to think that my
thinking has gone beyond her, in places. -- j
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what kind of scandal could we create as a little group
here on the internet, to advance objective thought? -- j

p.s. how about a barter scheme where we put up
a listing of things ready for barter, and the wishful
exchange items -- my 1986 boat for a used jeep,
for example. . the boat is really for sale!!!
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Actually, it's both. Steven Strogatz wrote a book titled "Sync: the emerging science of spontaneous order". It's available on Amazon. As a theoretical physicist and astronomer (retired) I have been fascinated by the cosmological consequences of spontaneous order and its role in the evolution of the universe. After reading Smith and Hayek I realized that the idea may go far beyond quantum and classical physics and may even address some of the issues in chaos physics. There are reasons to suspect that the math of SO applies to social structures including but not limited to economics. The consistency between SO and Ayn Rand's concept of a viable economic system is inescapable.