Jump to contentHomeObjectivism Online ForumExisting user? Sign InSign InRemember meNot recommended on shared computersSign in anonymouslySign InForgot your password?Or sign in with one of these servicesSign in with FacebookSign in with TwitterSign UpSearch InEverywhereMore options...Find results that contain...Any of my search term wordsAll of my search term wordsFind results in...Content titles and bodyContent titles onlyPortalForumsAll ActivityGuidelinesStaffLeaderboardChatMoreMoreAll ActivityHomePortal°Objectivism Is The Everyman's PhilosophyIn the universe, what you see is what you get,figuring it out for yourself is the way to happiness, and each person's independence is respected by allRand's Philosophy in Her Own Words"Metaphysics: Objective Reality" "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed/Wishing won’t make it so." "The universe exists independent of consciousness""Epistemology: Reason" "You can’t eat your cake and have it, too." "Thinking is man’s only basic virtue""Ethics: Self-interest" "Man is an end in himself." "Man must act for his own rational self-interest" "The purpose of morality is to teach you[...] to enjoy yourself and live""Politics: Capitalism" "Give me liberty or give me death." "If life on earth is [a man's] purpose, he has a right to live as a rational being"Objectivism Online ChatThe realms of the Observed VS UnobservedBy pittsburghjoe, August 13This post predicts what happens when Spacetime gets involved with unobserved quantum waves from the act of observation.The act of Observation/Measurement is a request of quantum wave information to Spacetime.The interaction is someone purposely placing a detector wanting a particle to be physical.You make a request by setting something that can analyze the particle during its life/path. The state of a particle is decided before it starts.Double slit interpretation:Randomly shot particles are sho26 replies252 viewsAdd ReplyReblogged:Trump Rage and Psychological ProjectionBy Gus Van Horn blog, Wednesday at 09:00 AMI refused to cast a vote for President in 2016 and am no fan of Donald Trump. That said, I don't generally give him much more thought than any other President I can remember. This apparently makes me a rare bird, if accounts of widespread Trump Derangement Syndrome -- or the infatuation with the Orange Man some acquaintances of mine seem to have -- are any indication. Since so many of his policies involve government control of the economy, I regarded him as little better than a Democrat on that12 replies163 viewsAdd ReplyImmigration restrictionsBy MisterSwig, January 11I did not base my argument on that.I see immigration laws and border control as public safety measures, intended to protect individual rights.Let's imagine that there were no government, and we lived in a small frontier settlement. We would have to worry much more about our general safety. Thus, it would be appropriate and right for us to organize like-minded folk and to initiate security patrols of