shminux comments on On Leverage Research's plan for an optimal world - Less Wrong

25 Post author: Mitchell_Porter 10 January 2012 09:49AM

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Comment author: shminux 10 January 2012 05:04:23PM 2 points [-]

Maybe you are not aware of them?

Your denial would be more convincing if you compared and contrasted CT ideas and objectivist ideas.

Comment author: Geoff_Anders 10 January 2012 05:10:22PM 3 points [-]

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with Ayn Rand's ideas on psychology.

Comment author: wedrifid 10 January 2012 05:11:43PM 8 points [-]

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with Ayn Rand's ideas on psychology.

For a given value of 'unfortunate'. :)

Comment author: Curiouskid 11 January 2012 10:19:52PM 0 points [-]

^Beat me to it.

Comment author: Emile 10 January 2012 05:16:37PM *  1 point [-]

Since Connection Theory is mostly Geoff Anders' work, I would be very surprised if it could have big influences he wasn't aware of (maybe if he delegated a lot of stuff to Objectivist students or something, or was heavily influenced by some Objectivist psychologist).