Is a hacker by nature pre-disposed towards Objectivism?
alnayyir: >Is a Hacker by nature pre-disposed towards Objectivism?Short answer: No.Long answer: No, because it involves working with a closed-system that depends on taking a number of premises for granted.A hacker by nature wouldn't constrain themselves to the limitations and premises that an outsider presents to them.The Randian abuse of rudimentary logic (A is A) and pretension to being holders of the one-true-faith has worn on my patience over time.This is it. This is where I draw the line. You people have invaded every intellectual space that you have no place in nor any relevancy to. Now you come here, my sanctuary where there is nothing here of any relevance to Objectivism.Take your (albeit pseudo-godless) cult of personality elsewhere. Hackers aren't interested.What you're doing here is making a common psychological mistake.Premise #1: I believe A.Premise #2: I who believe A, am smart. (lol)Premise #3: I have discovered smart people.Leads to:Conclusion: Being smart people, they must therefore be inclined to discover this one-true-faith I am endeared to!The worst part about this, is I dislike a great many things that the Objectivists are also against, (Plato for example), but their fanaticism and near-AIPAC-esque-media-reach tests my patience.Some political notes on Objectivists:Mainline Objectivists are extremely pro-war and are in support of the US using its military force to promote US economic interests and hegemony.Peikoff was strongly in favor of partisanship in the middle east and in backing Israel, even at the expense of human rights amongst other things.A particularly astute LewRockwell post:
(Mind you, LewRockwell has the people who should be supporters of the Ayn Rand Institute and yet aren't. Hrrrrm, maybe there's something to this...)http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/raimondo1.htmlLibertarianism/Liberalism is something hackers are inclined to, but it behooves me not to insult the title to say that they would be inclined to your dandy little war orgy.No thank you, and please don't advertise here again.Edit: Here's just plain a good site demonstrating their myriad sins.http://ariwatch.com/index.htm