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Just some few mistakes in the basics of Objectivism. There are more reasonable people out there to listen to than Rand.
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These are just my theories, as well as I can grasp with the most complex course I ever took being 9th grade remedial math, but I am very interested in philosophy, psychology, cognitive science and such, so I would really love to get a response from someone who has actually studied this stuff, if even just to explain how I'm wrong. :)
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The question of whether existence exists solely as a feature of my own experience. I find the conclusion that it does to be, well, kind of arrogant. If all existence revolves around me and is 'all in my head', how can it be wrong for me to commit murder? It seems to me that in such a world-view, it only makes sense for one's moral compass to point only to oneself. All others are simply a feature of my perceptions, and thus extensions of myself, dependant entirely on me for their existence, so their elimination should no more be wrong than, say, trimming my nails.
This stance also seems to credit me with far more creativity than I can easily accept. According to what I understand of subjectivism, I must be a total genius.
As far as the concrete, independant existence of reality, I must (cringeingly) type the words 'I agree with Ayn Rand'.