Don't ask me why, but I found myself a few nights ago at a screening of the Rush documentary that's been making the rounds. Yes, I intensely dislike the band. The documentary did not change my disposition towards the band and their juvenile Randian agenda. But I did hear something priceless on the way out. A young woman said to her apparent boyfriend the following:
"I'll tell you why girls hate Rush. They're math rock. And we hate math."
Classic.
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Speaking of Rand and Rush: http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/06/an-apology-to-rand-paul/57999/
Calling Rush a Randian band is a bit much, in the 1970's Neil Peart said he was influenced by Rand's writing. At the time much was made of this in the media. However Peart has stated that he considers himself a left wing libertarian, and downplays his youthful interest in Rand.
The SEP now has an article on Rand, so clearly she's a legitimate philosopher!
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