Ayaan Hirsi Ali is Wrong | Yaron Brook Show

00:00 Intro
01:28 Upcoming Shows Schedule
02:40 Ayaan Hirsi Ali
07:06 Skepticism http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/skepticism
09:30 Embracing Christianity
14:33 Challenges to West
22:05 Legacy of Judeo-Christian Tradition
34:03 What should unite us?
44:58 Atheism http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/atheism
47:56 Meaning and Purpose of Life
59:31 Summary
1:03:14 Don Watkins Article https://www.earthlyidealism.com/p/ayaan-hirsi-alis-shameful-conversion

Live Questions:
1:06:43 The left is so monstrous they're attempting to make Israel out to be just as evil as Hamas. Obama saying "We are all responsible for October 7" i.e. Hamas is not responsible. A morally relativistic cycle of violence. Is this Hagel's dialectic?
1:09:47 There's nothing more dangerous then a man with nothing to do and no one to live for. This has been true in every place for all of time. Our young men are drowning in idleness, purposelessness, and we're paying for it.
1:13:58 Off topic, but I am one of 5 kids and none of us are very close with one another. Am I wrong to feel bad for my parents? What's the point in investing is so many kids if they're not going to be close with each other?
1:15:46 Hi Yaron, thanks for helping me understand what's happening in the world. Have your views on the benefits of immigration been altered in any way by all these recent pro-Hamas marches?
1:20:33 Could Gene Epstein host the debate between you and Norman Finkelstein?
1:21:19 Dr. Binswanger gave this formulation a few weeks ago: "The purpose of skepticism is to enable dogma to not have to justify itself in reason." And, to quote Dr. Peikoff: "Reason is never silent—it always has something to say."
1:23:02 Did you get a chance to review the third GOP debate? It's nice to see Vivek quoting Alex Epstein verbatim all the time. He's used some of Alex's talking points in every single debate so far and during his campaign speeches.
1:25:14 Putin celebrated the October 7 pogrom with top leaders of Hamas; also considers himself a defender of the "Judeo-Christian Tradition" against the "Neoliberal Globalism" of Europe. Trump is Putin;s sock-puppet. Please comment.
1:27:52 What do you think the role of collectivism played in Ali’s becoming Christian? Do you think absent philosophical individualism one feels one needs a herd?
1:29:29 How is the common man able to learn & integrate Objectivist values? Religion puts faith over reason, but couldn’t a similar format of “community centers” instructing Objectivism & reason be a means of spreading these values?
1:30:34 Don Watkins has also been great on this, and publishing great stuff lately. We need more books like Don's upcoming Effective Egoism. I hope it gets a major push when it comes out.
1:31:22 Do you think there's something about prior religious people that draws them back? I know Rand always thought religion was BS from the beginning and I always felt the same - I couldn't be religious if I tried.
1:33:32 Hello Yaron, why wouldn’t you debate Dave Smith? You debated Michael Malice, which was awesome. Which made me a bigger fan of u. U know Michael and Dave are good friends. Why debate with Michael Malice yet not Dave?
1:36:28 Set a goal so big that you can't achieve it until you grow into the person who can.
1:36:40 "Accuse your enemies of what you are doing, as you are doing it to create confusion." -Karl Marx
1:36:58 When arguing with a pro-Palestinian, is it more effective to take an epistemic route—to go straight after their belief in "narratives", try to help them understand the individual nature of reason, and what objectivity is?
1:39:40 First, love yourself. Then others will follow.
1:39:45 Islamic nations won’t progress without alternatives. Should there be media like Radio Free Europe for Arabic nations promoting Western individual rights? Can Objectivism have a presence there?
1:41:09 I think Ayaan proves more than anything that philosophy is immensely undervalued in society. People fill the void in their hearts with religion because they do not have philosophy
1:42:12 See pinned comment for timestamps of additional questions

2:06:32 Outro

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