I referred to this article some time back during another discussion. I'm reposting the link because there has been a fair amount of discussion in this area...
To the best of my knowledge, there are only shooting scripts available online for "Trash," "The Message," and "Heart of Gold." I have taken those and used them...
I remember reading in one of NB. books that an experiment was conducted on a person by injecting him with adrenaline to see if high adrenaline was the cause...
A side project of mine is a project where I want to outline all the principles of deliberate, reasoned human motivation while ignoring those motives on the...
... My wife has anxiety disorder, and manages to keep a great handle on it, through a number of different ways. She likes her coffee; I think she tries to...
Dr. Branden offers a brief definition of mental illness on pg. viii of The Disowned Self; "Since man's life depends on his cognitive contact with reality, the...
I agree. What about habitual viewing of sports? Or collecting things (like beanie babies, or baseball cards, or stamps, or nearly anything else)? ... From:...
I don't know about those things... I have been asking myself if even certain sexual disorders belong in the DSM-IV such as fetishism and exhibitionism. The...
... reason, ... It's not that simple. You say it yourself when you talk about ~your~ experience with it. Religion is pluralistic- you are dealing with an...
The new issue of Atlas Magazine is out. In "My Life: A Comic Adventure," I ponder the significance of the two most powerful -- and misunderstood -- words in...
Well I certainly don't think "deviation from the norm" (or mean) is a worthwhile way of diagnosing disorders. Do we really need a book that just lists all the...
... But wouldn't the fact that "knowing" the cause can change the response mean that the phenomenon is still related to a thought? If it's any help, here is...
... It really depends on how you're defining/using "Religion". I tend to agree with you, and define/use "Religion" as "a codified/ritualized type of ...
... are ... If I am not mistaken, people with anxiety ~disorder~ are dealing with a neural situation. It's different than when normal folks experience anxiety...
... That is what the psychiatrists would have us believe as a forgone conclusion. I tend to doubt it highly, however. Heck, the psychiatrists' (and other...
... <LanceVictor@t...> wrote: I'd also add my opinion that the vast majority of ... Based on what evidence? Have you ever seen what happens to someone who is...
... wrote: If two people think ... simply by ... method of ... off ... I like what you say about myth. As far as looking at religion from a pragmatic or...
Earlier this week, the president of the Ayn Rand Institute, Dr. Yaron Brook, wrote a letter to the Santa Barbara Independent re the Atom Bomb anniversary on...
LOL There were still Japanese around who had not surrendered some 20 years after the war. There were indeed insurgents in Japan and Germany both, and the...
This kind of moral and intellectual sloppiness (and slop) is a big reason Objectivists can't get taken seriously. I say this as someone who is so dove-ish that...
The decision, in a time of war, to take a discrete action that will kill civilians in massive numbers with unprecedently destructive technology ought to be...
You know, I'm just up to fucking here with Yakov Peikoff and his minions. Every time they're interviewed, they spit on the camera, and not intentionally. ...
In a message dated 8/13/2005 2:14:15 A.M. Central Standard Time, ... just take a picture. Yes. A picture of most of its exponents. I found Objectivism thinking...
... Objectivism, they can ... I don't buy that the ARI is convinced that their op-ed rebuttal program is a cutting-edge solution, but maybe they actually do. I...
Here's one point of view about the ARI, pride, and 2 atomic bombs. On the psychological side of things, pride is actually an emotional result of having self...
... Pride? I don't know about that. Grim necessity is more like it. They had to do what they did, for sure, because the Japanese mentality at that time meant...
... From: Rich Engle To: nathaniel_branden@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 4:28 PM Subject: [nathaniel_branden] Re: Letter from Ayn Rand...
I am addressing this question specifically to Nathaniel Branden, but, please, anyone can answer. I was simply wondering if you had ever seen the movie "What's...
People should never be proud of the decision of their government to kill civilians, no matter how many. Why should you be proud of killing innocent people?...
I thought the artcile said that we Americans should feel pride because our country dropped atomic bombs. You're relating what the person who made the decision...
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