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Post 80

Friday, April 20, 2012 - 7:37amSanction this postReply
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Now for a more positive e-mail received last night:

First of all, I want to commend you on a comprehensive and articulate analysis of the Neo-Tech literature. Your writing is cogent and your argument sound. I too have read the "Neo-Tech Discovery" and, like yourself, was dismayed to see such as advocate of rational thought delve into the realms of the "intergalactic internet" and other bizarre and unfounded assertions. Sadly, with Frank R. Wallace's passing, his son, (aka) Mark Hamilton, has taken up the torch of the quasi-Objectivism "Neo-Tech Discovery" and presented it in a new, even more deluded form - Neothink.

And second, your article efficiently and with integrity reduces the teachings of the "Neo-Tech Discovery" to its core: you present in a few pages what Wallace required several hundred to do. Too bad an abridged version of the "Neo-Tech Discovery" such as you provide is not available; a shorter (and therefore less expensive) literary work might hold a greater appeal to those who could benefit from the work. At any rate, I must commend you again, sir, on the quality of your literary review.


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Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 9:26amSanction this postReply
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Linked here from Wikipedia.

I haven't read Wallace yet, but will. Your description of "Zon" reminds me of Nietzsche's ubermensch concept, which is not incompatible with Rand's thoughts.

Nietzsche believed that homo sapiens was supposed to evolve into something higher than what he was. I am inclined to agree. The concept of the "Zon" seems to share some of this projection of a natural human progression toward something more advanced than mere clever primates, and bears reflection. Rand saw ordinary humans as being remarkable, valiant creatures, but her archetypes in her fiction and her own example do not really reflect or represent most people, so I am inclined to think that there is, or is coming, a superior sort of human with more cognitive development than usual. Not morally superior, or even physically superior, but with a brain chemistry and an upbringing that renders him superior in perception of ethical reality and of disciplined adherence to his own, higher principles.

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Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 4:29pmSanction this postReply
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Welcome to RoR, J. C. Hale!

I am glad to see Wikipedia driving traffic to this article and the site in general.

Once you have read some Neo-Tech literature, let us know what you think. I know there are some videos about it on YouTube now by the principals such as Mark Hamilton. Perhaps you can find some free material through that route before shelling large sums for their retail products.


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