Problem: the Enlightenment was completely wrong. Human beings are not born as tabula rasa, behavior 100% malleable by changing the environment. In fact, changing the environment has zero impact on normal human behavior. That’s why every utopia fails, usually within five years. Brain science now shows that, guess what, Human Nature exists; it’s genetically determined; it’s hard-wired; it’s innate; it’s immutable. So sad — Ayn Rand wasn’t the guru-ette who was going to show us all how to get away with living any danged way we please, with no regard for any other human being, but just another messed-up psycho who couldn’t get along well with others. Couldn’t write worth a crap either, but then anybody as divorced from the reality of normal human social life as she was isn’t likely to be the next Jane Austen.
