# \#ayn-rand

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## [Commentary on Ayn Rand](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/commentary-on-ayn-rand/513)

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**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\
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**Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/commentary-on-ayn-rand/513 "2025-10-04T16:35:34Z")

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Thread for discussing literature and media about Objectivism.

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## [Some Flaws in Objectivism](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/some-flaws-in-objectivism/1503)

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**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\
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**Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/some-flaws-in-objectivism/1503 "2023-07-01T15:46:29Z")

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## [Ayn Rand's Honesty](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/ayn-rands-honesty/436)

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**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\
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**Last updated:** [December 9, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/ayn-rands-honesty/436 "2021-12-09T21:01:56Z")

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## [Nice Ayn Rand Quotes](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/nice-ayn-rand-quotes/70)

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**Author:** [@JustinCEO](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/JustinCEO)\
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**Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/nice-ayn-rand-quotes/70 "2021-11-03T20:23:27Z")

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Here’s one from Atlas Shrugged: It seemed to her that the spirals of flame-tinged fog were drawing time into an odd circle—and while a dim thought went floating through her mind like the streamer of an unfollowed sente…

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## [Creators](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/creators/384)

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**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\
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**Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/creators/384 "2021-11-02T00:11:15Z")

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In the Atlas Shrugged introduction, Peikoff quotes Rand’s writing notes, from 1946, about Dagny. I think this is particularly important. Her error—and the cause of her refusal to join the strike—is over-optimism and ov…