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People actually take Ayn Rand seriously any more?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/05/29/hollywood-problem-squared/
@pzmyers I take her seriously in the same way that, say, the "Things I Won't Work With" blog on the Pipeline takes FOOF or crazy azide chains seriously. I take her seriously in the the way takes the CDC takes Class III infectious diseases seriously.
@literorrery I agree. She's a potent social carcinogen, that's for sure.
@pzmyers @literorrery I still say she's a better writer than Jordan Petersen.
@starbreaker @literorrery [SHOCK] That's probably true.
@pzmyers @literorrery
Not sure how I'd prove it, though, since while Rand ventured into non-fiction/pop philosophy after Atlas Shrugged, I haven't heard of any published novels by Jordan Petersen.
Still, I suppose one could compare Rand's pop philosophy corpus to Petersen's work, but by what criteria?