# Atlas Shrugged Reading and Practice\[Dface\]

**URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/atlas-shrugged-reading-and-practice-dface/2001
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**Created:** [February 17, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/atlas-shrugged-reading-and-practice-dface/2001 "2025-02-17T08:45:58Z")
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### Author: ![ActiveMind](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/user_avatar/discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/activemind/32/5560_2.png) [@ActiveMind](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/ActiveMind)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/atlas-shrugged-reading-and-practice-dface/2001/24 "2025-03-08T21:05:39Z")

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> [@Dface](#):
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> Was it a mistake? Im thinking probably people who are ok at reading and writing can pick up:

What I wrote is still objectively wrong even if readers can understand what I meant or fix my mistake. If you look at:

> [@ActiveMind](#):
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> Whenever only “Hank” or “Rearden” is used in AS it’s actually a shorthand for “Hank Rearden”, they’re always referring to the specific person which is Hank Rearden.

It’s not like it was taken out of context. That statement is just wrong.

We should minimize how much readers have to guess and rely on social interpretation of our text. We should make our meaning clear through an objective reading of text.

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