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It is anti-rational to try to establish a premise for reasoning by arbitrary assertion. In other words, an evidence-free reason is no reason at all. Simply stating a position in or…

If you study this a little deeper, you will discover that it is improper to cast Kant in the role of being a champion of reason. On the contrary, Kant made no secret of his motive …

Glorification of the stupid is nihilistic. Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. So reason is required to produce the values on which human life depends. In "The Roots of Nazi P…

I've learned the most important key to making reliable software, a method that has served me well for over 20 years. Follow this simple rule: Write a comment for each line of code,…

Books that sharpened my thinking: "An Introduction to Logic" by H.W.B. Joseph, everything written by Ayn Rand, "On the Several Senses of Being in Aristotle" by Franz Brentano, and …

A few great biographies: "The Man Behind The Microchip" by Leslie Berlin, "iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doi…

My favorite science fiction story is "The Tactics of Mistake" by Gordon R. Dickson.

Other books that influence how I build software: "The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts" by Harry Binswanger, "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand, "The Autobiography of an Idea"…

"Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology" by Ayn Rand