(February 20, 2020 at 8:33 am)Peebo-Thuhlu Wrote: Why couldn't some one who's partial to Ayn Rand's philosophical school also be a student of history and sociology? The same for some one who likes the creation mythos? Why can't people of such back ground hold meaningful discussions as to the character of Darwin?
I've never read Ayn Rand's own work.
Often enough, I've seen her followers use misinterpretations of Darwin to justify selfishness as social policy. Apparently they think that "only the strong survive" is Darwinian? Or that social "Darwinism" makes it morally OK for rich people to ignore the poor.