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Re: The human syndrome
Tom Brosz — (archived)

An interesting article, but the "lemon juice" example of rank ignorance notwithstanding, I would bet that almost every human being on the planet thinks he knows more than he does. Hell, I know I do, and I would look a lot less bright if I didn't have the luxury here of typing my thoughts, reorganizing them into a neat flow, and checking the spelling before they hit the streets. I would also look a lot less bright if I didn't have most of the world's storehouse of knowledge hanging on the other end of my DSL connection.

Ayn Rand would have said that one secret of a well-lived life is conforming one's own views as closely as possible to objective reality. The whole philosophy of "objectivism" is based on this.

I suppose another secret of a well-lived life, and maturity, is bringing your opinion of yourself as close to the objective reality as possible, and I would guess few people manage it. I don't think Ayn Rand did... ;)

That being said, there are still an awful lot of people way back in the "lemon juice" category, and unfortunately many of them have political influence.

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