At 12:30 AM 5/28/00 PDT, Phil wrote:
>To the contrary, Rand was noted for being able to grasp the essense of
>information and theory far outside her expertise - i.e., theoretical physics
>- in minutes, in areas where many people cannot pick it up at all, even with
>years of study. Rand was NOT stupid. However, like so many extremely
>intelligent creative geniuses, she developed some extremely effective and
>powerful information filters, which she used as mental shortcuts to get at
>the essense of things.
No, she was able to understand certain types of information which does make
her a fluid and flexible thinker. Her intelligence is to be appreciated
(as I said), but it is not the type of intelligence that I would rely on in
discerning art and the arts primarily because of her narrow mindedness and
inflexibility.
Rand was not an exercised and agile parallel thinker.
Thanks for your other comments.
Natasha
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