Isaac Asimov is greater than Ayn Rand

The was originally going to be titled Isaac Asimov > Ayn Rand, partly to argue that humanists should be taking the lead in atheism instead of Randists/Objectivists, and partly to tweak Demonique666's nose a bit. It was yet another procrastinated upon youtube project that I'd been putting off in favor of real life.

However, when I saw that malasonja1 had been suspended, I felt I needed to say something about it. Although I didn't always agree with malasonja1, she is right when she says Islam is a danger to humanity. The people who sent her death threats should be brought to justice in a court of law; having their youtube accounts suspended should be the LEAST of their worries.

While I doubt Dr. Asimov would take part in attacking Islam himself, I still consider this a masterful expression of the atheist mind, even if I do stutter, stammer, and mispronounce all over his work.

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[bellbottoms4life]

Nice sideburns

[JordOKC]

@almanacofsleep actually, I recommend that you read Asimov's foundation. A main theme of the novel is how religion can be used as both a great civilizing tool, and also a great tool for control. Religious people do not really govern America, but there are certain pieces of legislation that the right passes in order to appease the religious, and keep them voting Republican. Also, we may be a religious country, but America does not compare to an Islamic theocracy full of stonings and beheadings.

[DoctorLawyerWhatever]

If you're going to read aloud in a video, make sure that you read well enough first so that you don't make an awkward and clumsy video such as this one.

[TheSilverSurpher]

It is the one of the greatest ironies that Rand, who was a prominent Atheist, is now a figurehead in the Tea Party movement. Her work is likely far more influential to the "Teabaggers" than it ever was to any Atheist movement. That being said, I did find "Atheism: The Case Against God" by George H. Smith to be an excellent read and it is written from the Objectivist point-of-view.

[Iker666beast]

the leftist and the rigthist vison o the same vision

[almanacofsleep]

There is Hypocrisy in the way people condem the leaders of Islam as religious extermists while The United States of America, the leading exporter of western culture, has been lead by religious extermists for the last decade (bush administration). While the current administration is much more moderate, religious extermists still hold considerable sway over the way the USA is governed.

[almanacofsleep]

I find it interesting how so many commenters here try to deny the historical link that islam had with philosophy, I guess that by doing that its makes it easy to sideline that culture while seeking to make your own the dominant culture. This is a form of racism, when you suppress a culture you also ridicule their beliefs and treat those who practice them as second class citizens; while the doment culture continues unquestioned.

[guitarslim56]

Don't forget Al Farabi!

[cubex11]

Aristotle was influenced by Platonism but also argued against it, and he was a strong empiricist in his approach to science, always gathering data. I don't think the father of logic can be blamed for the calcification of his views, including any errors, perpetrated by later thinkers. He was not a dogmatist.

[gregg451]

all this is knowledge from before islam. Islam merely allowed it to continue to exist for a while. When westerners began to kick off their own superstitions it was recovered. Within a rather short time all the scientists in Islamic countries were all persecuted and suppressed.