The Illuminatus trilogy was an easier read, tho perhaps no less bizarre. And Ayn Rand. It was necessary, due to a fair number of acolytes at MIT. (And it should be remembered that the Koch brothers went to MIT).
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Replying to @BobKerns @generativist
I read them again a couple decades later for similar reasons; they did not improve. Bad in every sense. If you must engage in fantasies of superiority, try the Lensman series by EE "Doc" Smith, or better, World of Null-A by A. E. van Vogt.
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I keep meaning to reread Rand but then I don’t,https://dispatches.artifexdeus.com/ayn-rand-seduced-me-ahhhh-397487b9297b …
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Well, "don't" is viable. Reading Adam Smith is far more rewarding, plus there are a bunch of good quotes to take down pseudo-libertarians who typically have never actually read him. I wish I'd have read him earlier.pic.twitter.com/eiAJlqmwgh
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Replying to @BobKerns @generativist
Nelson's article is a gem! I've seen it work in others. I've seen it try (and resoundingly fail, fortunately) in myself. It's crack for people who think they're smart (rightly or wrongly; works fine either way).https://dispatches.artifexdeus.com/ayn-rand-seduced-me-ahhhh-397487b9297b …
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Replying to @BobKerns
Oh that one is mine. I saw some libertarians quoting some Rand in defense of Trump before it and was mostly shocked by the quotes, not the fact that there were libertarian defenders. It was an anger blog but most of the anger was directed at younger me...
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Replying to @generativist
That was your writing? Nelson is you, or reprinting, or...? Just trying to get the attribution straight and not spread my present confusion... :)
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Oh, wait, yes, I recall discovering your name, it just got buried under your vivid "breaker of loops" moniker. So yes, still, it is a gem!
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Replying to @BobKerns @generativist
Count me among those who got the Monty Hall problem wrong, very publicly. Even now, I'd be hard-pressed to reconstruct the reasoning. It hasn't fixed my intuition!https://dispatches.artifexdeus.com/why-simulation-for-belief-systems-88b807466670 …
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Yea, it inherently frustrates our capabilities
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