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humanodon  ·  4171 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Thought Experiment - Week 2: Land of the Epiphens

Cool, thanks for the link! I'll check this out. Maybe I can persuade the hubski book club to do it for the next book . . .





kleinbl00  ·  4170 days ago  ·  link  ·  

...fuck. I'm supposed to be reading Ayn Rand right now, aren't I?

humanodon  ·  4170 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Haha! Let's see, the date set for #hubskibookclub is July 13. I don't know what edition you've got, or if you've started it, but the one I read was 726 pages, so . . . if you read 363 pages a day, you could do it if you haven't started it yet.

I don't know how to convert pages into mg, or what averages human tolerances are for Ayn Rand, but it seems like that might exceed the LD50.

kleinbl00  ·  4170 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I'm gonna need to withdraw from that class.

b_b  ·  4170 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What? You don't want to know what inspired Paul Ryan's illustrious career?! Me neither. Sitting this one out, and I even got the book as a gift. Too much good shit to read in the world for me to waste my time.

kleinbl00  ·  4170 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ayn Rand is not exactly unknown to me. I feel I could have a reasonable discussion on Objectivism based simply on reading around her. I certainly don't know enough to participate in a book club discussion, though.

Think I linked to the Action Philosophers Ayn Rand book in the past. Yup.

It has always discouraged me that good sci fi writers inspire nerds but bad sci fi writers inspire cults.

thenewgreen  ·  4170 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I read it for the book club. I agree that there are numerous books that would have been more enjoyable. But I'll admit that it's not a tedious read, it's actually quite good at parts. But it is extremely heavy handed in the point it's attempting to make. I don't blame anyone for sitting this one out. I'm looking forward to the next book.

humanodon  ·  4170 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah well, maybe next round . . .