tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post3583567275757786531..comments2024-03-27T05:47:21.295-07:00Comments on Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature: Actual 2&1/2 Year Old.Daniel Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06359277853862225286noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-10271029423652030472009-04-06T07:00:00.000-07:002009-04-06T07:00:00.000-07:00I think if an ill tempered toddler in the terrible...I think if an ill tempered toddler in the terrible twos could philosophize, the result would be pretty much what Rand came up with in middle age.R. Okatanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-37180630487792822102009-03-29T13:30:00.000-07:002009-03-29T13:30:00.000-07:00Actually looking back at the quote it was more tha...Actually looking back at the quote it was more that children expect to deal with a rational universe. From Atlas Shrugged, p. 978<BR/><BR/>"In that morning you'll be able to rise in the morning with the spirit you knew in your childhood: that spirit of eagerness, adventure and certainty that comes from dealing with a rational universe. No child is afraid of nature;"<BR/><BR/>A slightly less silly claim than I had thought, but not much. Children believe in a more rational world than do adults? The monsters in my closet at age 8 beg do differ. I remember as a child the oppressiveness of so much of the world being beyond my understanding being a near constant feeling.Hari Narayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04090960545242841566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-48183316026779920792009-03-29T11:28:00.000-07:002009-03-29T11:28:00.000-07:00Anonymous,I wouldn't say that child prodigies don'...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't say that child prodigies don't exist, but their rare and its unlikely someone would come up with a philosophy, an entire world view when they were only two years old.Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691850040385670009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-18577314481807611732009-03-29T10:27:00.000-07:002009-03-29T10:27:00.000-07:00Here is some more reality.http://www.youtube.com/w...Here is some more reality.<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxPmzIKBrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-58256290466621326332009-03-28T23:55:00.000-07:002009-03-28T23:55:00.000-07:00Harq al-Ada,You wrote,----------------------------...Harq al-Ada,<BR/><BR/>You wrote,<BR/>-------------------------------------------------------------<BR/>Rand believed that children are born reasonable and that parenting and society make them less so. I don't think she observed many children.<BR/>-------------------------------------------------------------<BR/><BR/>I never heard that about Rand, but if she actually thought that way she was wrong, and you're probably right. Someone who thinks like that probably hasn't been around a lot of children, especially young children.Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691850040385670009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-20256105611916797992009-03-28T23:54:00.000-07:002009-03-28T23:54:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497443262823128928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-75586863580426437862009-03-28T22:32:00.000-07:002009-03-28T22:32:00.000-07:00Rand believed that children are born reasonable an...Rand believed that children are born reasonable and that parenting and society make them less so. I don't think she observed many children.Hari Narayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04090960545242841566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-57756467663838954802009-03-28T21:04:00.000-07:002009-03-28T21:04:00.000-07:00yup: scream for the camera, dear. you can look you...yup: scream for the camera, dear. you can look yourself up in the Wayback Machine. modern parenting skills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-89679140267180088512009-03-28T12:29:00.000-07:002009-03-28T12:29:00.000-07:00And it's not "mommyyyy," it's "identity."And it's not "mommyyyy," it's "identity."Neil Parillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074901258306769278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-61935088382316938752009-03-28T11:39:00.000-07:002009-03-28T11:39:00.000-07:00I think I heard her scream, "A is A!"I think I heard her scream, "A is A!"Michael Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963295565160636175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29196034.post-4378956799216981092009-03-28T10:52:00.000-07:002009-03-28T10:52:00.000-07:00It's not a temper tantrum; the little girl is just...It's not a temper tantrum; the little girl is just a "passionate valuer."Neil Parillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074901258306769278noreply@blogger.com