Ayn Rand Youtube Interview

[tp6626]

Just been watching this interview (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) on youtube.

I'm familiar with her name, with the fact that she is an INTJ, and with the titles of her books (haven't read them).

Anyway, I found this interview extremely interesting and funny, and identify in her mannerisms a lot of the ways that I act.

Watching her, as well as the interviewer and audiences reactions, I got a feeling that this is how people view me in day to day life; as a novelty, something surprising, and funny to watch.

Does anyone else get that?





tp6626 added to this post, 42 minutes and 58 seconds later...

Realised there're 5 parts to it, and have just finished watching them all. Absolutely hilarious. Especially the Q&A session at the end, where Ayn basically tells an audience member to sit down and shut up, her question was dumb, and she isn't answering it because she will only debate with 'worthy adversaries'.

Oh and she also maintains that it isn't right to spend money on charity just for retard children. I'm not saying that I agree, but I admire her slightly for standing her ground with the audience on national TV like that! :)

[Polymath]

Thanks a lot for posting that. I'd never gotten around to reading or watching anything by her until now, even though I'd heard a lot about her.

[tp6626]

Hehe you're welcome. I thought this thread had died!

Did you watch the clips? She's pretty 'spirited' isn't she. Definitely no-nonsense, showed that (extremely patronising) interviewer and audience up I think. :)

[darynthe]

I don't don't understand her English. Too bad I wanted to see the interview.

[zibber]

Thanks, I should get into some Ayn Rand. I've been reluctant to do so, as all her fans seem to be obnoxious libertarians, but I should give any wave-making thinker a chance.

[Tenacious B]

Thanks, I should get into some Ayn Rand. I've been reluctant to do so, as all her fans seem to be obnoxious libertarians, but I should give any wave-making thinker a chance.
I would recommend starting with her first book, We The Living, and going through them in order.

[Orion79]

Just been watching this interview (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) on youtube.

tp6626 added to this post, 42 minutes and 58 seconds later...
Oh and she also maintains that it isn't right to spend money on charity just for retard children. I'm not saying that I agree, but I admire her slightly for standing her ground with the audience on national TV like that! :)

Ayn Rand believed that no one should be forced to give money to charity. She has no problem with people who voluntarily give their money away as long as it's done on their own volition and not out of a sense of duty to "society".

I once read an essay she wrote in which she believed public schools shouldn't be funded by taxpayer money (a common Libertarian belief). Her solution was for schools to be funded by businesses that benefit from having educated employees.

I haven't read Rand's books in several years. After reading some of these Ayn Rand threads I feel like picking one up again and seeing if my perspective of her philosophy has changed over the years. Maybe I'll find something new that I missed the first time around.

[LPM]

I read Atlas Shrugged. Wasn't bad other than she took 1,000 pages to cover 300 pages worth of material--painfully repetitive. It's an interesting philosophy. I agree with a lot of it when it comes to economics and finance, but when she tries to make the philosophy extend to relationships, romance, and even sex she stretches too far.

[charolastra]

Ayn Rand makes my eye twitch. I read it all and was so completely turned off by objectivism that I can't take a word out of her mouth seriously.

[Tenacious B]

I read Atlas Shrugged. Wasn't bad other than she took 1,000 pages to cover 300 pages worth of material--painfully repetitive. It's an interesting philosophy. I agree with a lot of it when it comes to economics and finance, but when she tries to make the philosophy extend to relationships, romance, and even sex she stretches too far.
You might like her earlier books better as they are more subtle on the philosophy. That being said, that book was intended for more than those who are predisposed to her message.

[Fineline]

I've already seen several Rand-bashing and Rand-worshiping threads; I'd hate for this one to devolve to one of those.

I think the point the OP was making was that Ayn's mannerisms, separate from her philosophy, seem like a classic example INTJness. An INTJ friend of mine (who hates Objectivism with a passion) acts almost exactly the way Ayn Rand does in these videos when he is confronted with patronizing people!

[Tenacious B]

Check the interview she did with Wallace back in the 50's, especially her eyes.

[NoStoneUnturned]

at first i thought "i could beat her up, what can i get from this"

then i thought "hmmmmmmmmm"

then i wanted to hug her.

[GraveDancer]

I appreciated the interview thank you Tp6626. I have to say your right that she does act a lot like an INTJ at first she all nervous, but after a while she begins to show what she really think, oh and she is not afraid to say whats on her mind, classic INTJ.

[Deadgod]

She's great....sometimes. I however think Aristotle is better.

[stasis]

Thanks, I should get into some Ayn Rand. I've been reluctant to do so, as all her fans seem to be obnoxious libertarians, but I should give any wave-making thinker a chance.
Since she hated libertarians, you might find her amusing.

[Rudy]

Since she hated libertarians, you might find her amusing.
I'm pretty sure she hated everyone.

In any case, Objectivism is worth looking into, I think. I think it fails as a complete worldview, but I found parts of it very insightful and useful.

[Tenacious B]

She's great....sometimes. I however think Aristotle is better.

Unfortunately he never made a youtube video...

[Rover]

I think the point the OP was making was that Ayn's mannerisms, separate from her philosophy, seem like a classic example INTJness. An INTJ friend of mine (who hates Objectivism with a passion) acts almost exactly the way Ayn Rand does in these videos when he is confronted with patronizing people!

This topic would have been better posted in the General Psychology forum rather than Arts and Entertainment, but I am glad it has been posted regardless, for the reason I mention below.

Anyway, I found this interview extremely interesting and funny, and identify in her mannerisms a lot of the ways that I act.

Watching her, as well as the interviewer and audiences reactions, I got a feeling that this is how people view me in day to day life; as a novelty, something surprising, and funny to watch.

Does anyone else get that?

I thought it was just me who received patronising smiles, but I was wrong. Is this a common reaction to INTJ personalities? I rarely speak up at university, because at times I have received patronising smiles, even when the subject matter and my particular statements do not warrant such a reaction. It is very discouraging.

I noticed a couple of weeks ago when I was speaking during a seminar that someone a fair way in front of me craned their head right around and gave me one of the most disheartening patronising smiles I have seen. If that happens again and I am in the right (wrong) mood, I am seriously contemplating asking that person why I receive such a reaction from them.