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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Superforce by Davies(?)?  (r
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Subject: Re: Re: Superforce by Davies(?)?  (reposting)

> 	By the way, speaking of people making comparisons between physics and
> "non-objective reality" and other mystical things -- that seems to be becoming
> a fashion even among some respected scientists.  

> You are merely seeing the consequences of a serious problem with
> establishment philosophy that has undermined people's ability to
> identify what constitutes genuine knowledge.  This subject has
> been accurately covered in the writings of the late Ayn Rand, q.v.

For anyone out there who wants  reassurance  that reality is  objective,
that  concepts  have meaning and are firmly  connected to reality,  that
objective  knowledge is possible, and that reason is man's only means to
discover new knowledge, I highly  recommend  INTRODUCTION TO OBJECTIVIST
EPISTEMOLOGY, by Ayn Rand.  I consider it to be the definitive book that
correctly identifies the origin and validity of knowledge and truth.

Michael Bishop
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