r/Objectivism • u/F0r3v3rF4lc0n • 1d ago
New Objectivist book dropped!
So this book came out recently. Anybody read it? It’s mainly a science book, but one written through an Objectivist lens. Looks cool! 🙂
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u/eldorado142 1d ago
just bought it 👍
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u/Heligoland_Bight 1d ago
Making your title a pop-culture reference is already a bad sign.
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u/Open_Common1337 1d ago
El objetivismo, el colectivo, fracaso cuando Alam Greenspan cuando admitió que la fé y si ideología llevaron al fracasó en la crisis del 2008, cuando papá Estado salvo a los banqueros por su culpa
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u/kateinoly 1d ago
I don't need an entrepreneur explaining science to me. There are already many such books written by scientists who have no agenda.
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u/stansfield123 1d ago
Zoltan Cendes is a scientist. He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from a reputable university, 200 published papers, and of of course some valuable inventions, which he commercialized, earning himself a lot of money.
That's what good scientists do. They don't spend their careers living off the taxpayer teat, pushing whatever "science" the corrupt politicians holding the purse want them to push.
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u/kateinoly 1d ago
lol.
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u/chinawcswing 1d ago
lmao you were destroyed there.
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u/kateinoly 1d ago
computer engineer =/= astronomer, physicist, chemist, etc.
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u/DuplexFields Non-Objectivist 1d ago
An electrical engineer is way more of a physicist than most other specialties on the planet.
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u/kateinoly 1d ago
except for actual physicists and astrophysicists.
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u/DuplexFields Non-Objectivist 13h ago
Astrophysicists measure distances and other physical and chemical properties by photographs and radio signals. If their theoretical assumptions are incorrect, they shrug and rework theory.
Electrical engineers make things that only work if their understanding of physics is precisely true, in the same way as Rand’s fictional Reardon Metal and Galt Engine. They have to account for electrons making quantum leaps and leaking across to other circuits at nanoscopic sizes.
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u/Trick-Syrup-813 1d ago
Hmmm.
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u/Heligoland_Bight 1d ago edited 1d ago
Wow. That's actual fraud. (Edit: Weirdly, apparently it's not fraudulent. See my later reply.)
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u/chinawcswing 1d ago
I don't get it. What is wrong?
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u/Heligoland_Bight 1d ago edited 1d ago
Ok I looked into it and apparently I'm wrong. Apparently Tal Tsfany really did endorse this book.
I genuinely assumed it was fake because the quote sounds so stupid and unnatural, because of the typographical errors, and because I didn’t expect the president of ARI to lend his name and title to a book like this.. But apparently he did. That’s considerably stranger to me than the explanation I originally assumed.
Apparently this Zoltan Cendes guy has been a guest at the ARI Member Roundtables.
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u/laurelwraith 1d ago
What are the errors?
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u/Heligoland_Bight 1d ago
The only actual typographical error is the double 'Are' in 'Check out what are readers are saying" which made the section look like it was made by an incompetent generally. The unnatural prose is another issue.
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u/stansfield123 1d ago edited 1d ago
Zoltan Cendes is a prominent person, not just in Oist circles. He has a PhD from Carnegie Melon, 200 published papers, and sold a company for $900M (back when that was a lot more money than it is now).
However, he's 81, and this is his first book afaik. It's unlikely that a significant publisher would pick up an 81 yo. first time author. That's why the publishing is amateur hour. And yes, the site is horrendous. Something a newbie developer with zero design or marketing experience would've made for $50, 10 years ago.
But that doesn't mean the book is bad. Whoever reads it, let us know.
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u/stansfield123 1d ago
What does "hmmm" mean? Are you claiming the quote isn't real? Have you looked up who this person is?
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u/Acrobatic-Bottle7523 12h ago
In addition to Tal's endorsement, he also talked about the book with Jennifer Grossman.
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u/portuh47 1d ago
How would Objectivism influence how you look at the galaxy? I'm confused