Quantum mechanics is viewed by Objectivism with disdain and discredit for lacking an objective philosophical basis. The standard “Copenhagen Interpretation” of quantum mechanics states that the uncertainty principle is an absolute feature of reality. The uncertainty principle states that one cannot simultaneously determine the momentum
I recently decided to go back in time and re-read some science fiction that I enjoyed as a teenager. The author of interest is Jerry Pournelle. In my teens, I read a couple of the books he co-authored with Larry Niven: The Mote in God’s
Before discussing what I define as “truth”, lets go back and fill in a missing piece in the last discussion of knowledge. I was struggling with what to call unverified impressions one has about an item, or the invalid content of a framework of ideas