The Brain=Mind Fallacy

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What an interesting philosophy you have.

"In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code of values; in order to define a code of values, he must know what he is and where he is—i.e., he must know his own nature (including his means of knowledge) and the nature of the universe in which he acts—i.e., he needs metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, which means: philosophy. He cannot escape from this need; his only alternative is whether the philosophy guiding him is to be chosen by his mind or by chance." - Ayn Rand

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Holly shit now I have lost what little respect I had for Ayn Rand. She was simply the oposite of Marx and Just as utopian in thought. She was a social Darwinist who would love how the top 1 percent is fucking the rest of us over.

There is no such thing as "metaphyisics", that is just si fi woo. Even more reason to hate her.

The point, which was highlighted in bold, is that you're doing philosophy whether or not you're aware of it. As with an assumption, a philosophy is better carefully examined and chosen (or constructed / synthesised) rather than unknowingly accepted. It seems you've chosen to attack Ayn Rand's positions on other, irrelevant matters rather than actually address the statement which was quoted. In fact, if you remove the name the quote is attributed from my post your reply amounts to 'there is no such thing as "metaphyisics", that is just si fi woo'. Yes, metaphysics was just made up by science fiction authors. Well I'm glad we've settled that and equally glad that your avatar had the thoughtfulness to save me the effort of face-palming.