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THIS is how Objectivists do Psychological Research

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Malrassic Park

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Jan 2, 2010, 1:22:50 AM1/2/10
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"And then I asked myself, "What is it that my mind does when I use
concepts? To what do I refer, and how do I learn new concepts?" And
within half an hour, I had the answer." Ayn Rand

Does anybody else here see a problem with that?

No?

I didn't think so.

1Z

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Jan 2, 2010, 5:02:10 PM1/2/10
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Ms Rand was the happy possesor of a
particularly powerful armchair.

Malrassic Park

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Jan 2, 2010, 8:11:06 PM1/2/10
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On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:02:10 -0800, 1Z <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On 2 Jan, 06:22, Malrassic Park <malen...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "And then I asked myself, "What is it that my mind does when I use
>> concepts? To what do I refer, and how do I learn new concepts?" And
>> within half an hour, I had the answer." Ayn Rand

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>> Does anybody else here see a problem with that?

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>Ms Rand was the happy possesor of a
>particularly powerful armchair.

Alliteratively speaking.

Ken Gardner

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Jan 3, 2010, 3:17:35 AM1/3/10
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"Malrassic Park" wrote:

> No?

Not me. I did the same thing myself and came up with the same answer in
only 12 minutes. Okay, I cheated, I had just read ITOE (albeit the First
Edition) so I was already thoroughly familiar with the theory. Then again,
I was only about 16 at the time.

Malrassic Park

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Jan 3, 2010, 1:34:58 PM1/3/10
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On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:17:35 -0800, Ken Gardner <kesgar...@att.net>
wrote:

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>"Malrassic Park" wrote:
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>> "And then I asked myself, "What is it that my mind does when I use
>> concepts? To what do I refer, and how do I learn new concepts?" And
>> within half an hour, I had the answer." Ayn Rand

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>> Does anybody else here see a problem with that?

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>> No?
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>> I didn't think so.

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>Not me. I did the same thing myself and came up with the same answer in
>only 12 minutes. Okay, I cheated, I had just read ITOE (albeit the First
>Edition) so I was already thoroughly familiar with the theory. Then again,
>I was only about 16 at the time.

That is ad hoc. Introspection does not count as psychological
research.

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