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From: gcf@panix.UUCP (J. S. B'ach)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: talk.philosophy.objectivism
Message-ID: <825@panix.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jan 90 17:36:15 GMT
References: <69@arkham.enet.dec.com>
Reply-To: gcf@panix.UUCP (Gordon Fitch)
Organization: Beauty in the Beast
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may@28182.dec.com (Patrick May) writes:
)In almost every argument I have seen between an Objectivist and an anti-
)Objectivist the Objectivist demonstrated the higher intelligence and
)rationality.  Their opponents, however, always claim victory by virtue of
)refusing to apply rationality to their arguments.  Often these discussions,
)especially on the net, degenerate to the anti-Objectivist repeating refuted
)assertions like a broken record and the Objectivist resigning in disgust.
)
)Sci.philosophy.objectivism is the appropriate name/place for the proposed
)newsgroup because Objectivism is based on the scientific method.  ....

The first paragraph demonstrates reason enough for Objectivists
to have their own newsgroup -- for their benefit, and ours.  As
for the "sci" prefix: well, if we have to see "Objectivism" now
and then (as part of the newsgroup list) we might as well have
some humor with it.