Talk:Ayn Rand
New Fountainhead Adaptation?[edit]
According to this [1] interview with Holywood Reporter, Zack Snyder said he is working on another adaptation of The Fountainhead. Should we mention this? RoninMacbeth (talk) 16:02, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
Mens rea?[edit]
Mens rea is the Latin for 'guilty mind'. I suspect that the phrase mea culpa ('my fault') was what was intended to appear at the end of the Branden discussion. Before I change it, I was just asking if something else was intended. - Smerdis of Tlön, LOAD "*", 8, 1. 16:24, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
- As I understand it, the point of the article saying "mens rea" where it does is that Branden — by apologizing for "contributing to that dreadful atmosphere of intellectual repressiveness that pervades the Objectivist movement" — is giving an admission of guilt, and admitting that this is the case pertaining the 'atmosphere' of Objectivism. As such, I think "mens rea" can be left in the article as-is.
- Also, "mea culpa" wouldn't really work, because he's fairly clear that he 'merely' played a part in causing the dreadful atmosphere. As such, he's not conceding that it's his fault. Just admitting that the atmosphere exists today. Which is, really, all that we needed to hear. My two cents. Reverend Black Percy (talk) 20:26, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
Atlas Shrugged question[edit]
In the hideaway how soon would this or similar happen (because 'the government' hasn't been paid to put in the necessary tubes')? Anna Livia (talk) 11:08, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
- The other Atlas Shrugged question being: If Rand was so smart how come she didn’t foresee the post-WW2 explosion in air travel? Mr Larrington (talk) 00:41, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
Her influences[edit]
One thing I notice about her is that she was always begrudging about her influences. I've seen her described as bargain basement Nietzsche - that is partly true, but she diverges from him too. The only influence she admits is Aristotle. But who else? She obviously read *some* other philosophy, but what else?
Someone rightly talks about "a photo negative of Leninism". She was obviously influenced by Marxism-Leninism if only to react against it. Presumably her America worship is also influenced by some thinker or another.-Albannach (talk)
Question about source[edit]
What's the source for "When a noted economist relayed through a third party that she "reasoned like a man", she replied "Really?! He said those exact words?" And walked around the rest of the day with the biggest shit-eating grin on her face."?
I tried looking at the book in the sources but it is very long and the sources don't mention a specific page— Unsigned, by: WoodenGaia / talk / contribs
- Ar, matey, there's a searchable PDF copy of that reference in the pirate seas of Z-Library. Checking that out, I did not see anything to support that statement using a text search. So, reference wiped and [citation needed] added, because as far as I can tell, RW is the only place with this quote, and we clearly need something to support it. (IMHO it probably means it's bullshit, but we'll see if someone can actually find more info...) BobJohnson (talk) 18:53, 28 January 2025 (UTC)