My Intellectual Struggle

I have been independently studying the Objectivist philosophy ever since 1993 when I first discovered Ayn Rand's novel, Atlas Shrugged.  Long before Second Renaissance Books evolved into The Ayn Rand Institute eStore, which it is today, a reader could sign up for SRB's catalogs to be mailed to one's address.  I quickly became hooked on the intellectual wealth that SRB endorsed.  I made it my secret goal to read every book the catalog ever sold.  My problem, however, was that they kept adding books at too rapid a pace.  I eventually realized that I was not going to achieve my goal; but I decided to keep on going anyway.

So here I am having read only 133 Second Renaissance Books.  However, the volume of my studies could be misinterpreted because I am not counting multiple readings of books that I read more than once.  For example, about a month ago, I finished reading Atlas Shrugged for the 10th time.  At 1,069 pages per copy, that's 10,690 pages of reading which is only counted as one book of the 133.

Paul Wharton
Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter

Save Your Tax Returns for The Great American Auctions

Ayn Rand held that there are only three legitimate functions of government: the military, the police, and the judiciary.  It has been since clarified that diplomacy and treasury sectors are also necessary to make the legitimate government work--but that's it!

So, what is all this illegitimate government one sees around oneself?  I argue that it should be auctioned off to the highest bidder and returned to the tax payers.

While there may be sympathetic grievances--such as government foreclosures through threats and/or seizures, returning a fraction according to income taxes paid is the only proportional and objective way to do it.  It could work like this:

The states and federal government, if appropriate, would partition off units of formally government controlled property to be sold at auctions.  Then, all income taxes that were extorted would be compiled and each claimant would be given a fraction claim for the federal and each state's auction proceeds that applies.  The auctions would be held that would sell off all of government except for the military, police, judiciary, diplomacy and treasury sectors (This last would have to undergo serious reforms.  It would only function as a storage and delivery of government assets entity).  The net proceeds of each auction would be compiled.  Each fraction claim that every income tax payer had would be multiplied by the appropriate compilation and that money would be returned to the former tax payers.

Paul Wharton
Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter

Don't Lose Track of The Universal Gravitational Center

One Light Motion is The Square Root Rate of Lightspeed

Each light unit's gravitational center is attracted towards The Universal Gravitational Center, and vice versa.

Paul Wharton
Father of Metachemics

Price Gougers Make the Money They Need

With Hurricane Irma wiping out normal economic supplies that individuals require to get by, some political and intellectual figures are coming out against price gougers.  They are even going so far as to declare price gouging illegal and advocate that price gougers be criminally prosecuted.  But, to try to institute anti-market price controls is to defy the natural market, leading to unnatural disasters.

To give an example: suppose a family of four is driving north from Miami and runs out of water near Orlando.  There are no open grocery stores around, but the father does locate a boarded Mini-Mart that is selling drinks.  However, the price of a 24 pack of water is $100.  This gets the father a little pissed off, and he curses under his breath.  But, then again, his family is very thirsty; and he finds no alternative available; so, he reaches into his wallet.  Unfortunately, just before he is able to make the transaction, a siren blasting cop car pulls up outside declaring that the owner of the Mini-Mart is under arrest and the store is to be shut down due to criminal activity.

So, as the example above shows, where price gouging is not criminalized, expensive water is available, but where price gouging is criminalized, no water is available.

At work, I heard about a practice that I found amusing.  Apparently, The Red Cross was going around approaching people with charity.  However, there was a catch.  If you were seen as a charity case then you the recipient were required to pay for the goods received.  So much for defying the market!

In conclusion, I want to focus on the capitalist rights of the price gougers themselves.  While everyone in the south was packing up and shipping their valuables north, price gougers were stocking up on basic necessities and heading into the eye of the storm.  These capitalist heroes are treated like dirt by the politicians of the southern states.  They stand to make a fortune if they can find the best locations to set up depots and jack up their prices.  It takes a lot of time to try to profit from such an adventure; and, the economic investment can be significant as well.  Instead of villainizing the price gougers, they should be respected and honored for the risks they take to try to maintain their luxurious lifestyles.

Paul Wharton

Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter

The Similarity between Florida and Seoul

In watching a lot of recent news I have witnessed impending disasters--some of which were nearly inevitable.  Florida goes through a hurricane season each year where it is possible for a few hurricanes to cause damage to every part of the state.  I cannot imagine what it must be like to live there--knowing that within a week's time, one's home can be wiped out, and through the years probably will.

The other disaster area I have been focused on, in the news, is South Korea.  North Korea has positioned a large artillery arsenal just across the border--in range of the massive metropolis of Seoul.  Judging from the trend of current events, I predict that the destruction of North Korea is inevitable; and that it will take most of Seoul with it.

Why would anyone want to live in either of these two danger zones?  I want to appeal to every human being in Florida and Seoul...MOVE!

Paul Wharton
Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter

The Greatest Science Book I've Ever Read

Recently, I completed reading The Logical Leap: Induction in Physics for the fifth time.  The book is authored by David Harriman who gives enormous credit to leading Objectivist philosopher, Leonard Peikoff for the work.

It is commonly said that Newton's Principia is the greatest book in scientific history.  Though I have a copy, I have not yet read it.  But, of all the science and philosophy of science books I have read, The Logical Leap ranks #1.  The first two times I read it, I made massive inroads in my Metachemics philosophy.  And, the last three readings have not gone by without at least one major breakthrough each time.

Paul Wharton
Father of Metachemics

One Light Motion Defined

The following is an endeavor to define "One Light Motion" by deducing from my earlier work:

Velocity = (1)(DC) / (TC)
Acceleration = (1)(DC) / (TC)(TC)
Momentum = (M)(DC) / (TC)
Force = (M)(DC) / (TC)(TC)
Mass is Matter Quantity
All Matter is Light
Let M = 1
Inertia = Momentum = Velocity
All Force is Gravity
Gravity = Force = Acceleration
All Motion is an Integration of Inertia and Gravity

The Integration:

One Light Motion = The Square Root of ((V)(A))
One Light Motion = The Square Root of ((1)(1)(DC)(DC)) / ((TC)(TC)(TC))
One Light Motion = (1)(DC) / (TC)(The Square Root of TC)

One Light Motion is The Square Root Rate of Lightspeed

Paul Wharton
Father of Metachemics

Vertex (VRTX) Must Do Better

Late Tuesday, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) revealed the successful results of a couple more of their drug studies.  Yesterday, the stock shot up over 20%.

This is unacceptable!  If I am going to remain an investor in this biotech company, (of which I have had about half of my invested money in for over a year),  Vertex (VRTX) must do better!

I don't know if the company is still the number one performing stock of all 500 businesses in the S&P, YTD, as was reported in May.  But with a current 2017 gain of about 115%, Vertex (VRTX) is showing some promise.  This is not enough!

I want to see a new attitude towards the FDA.  Instead of complying with their Phase I, II, & III structure, which basically facilitates super safe drugs so that the companies who are coerced into giving free medicine won't mistakenly dispense harmful substances as free handouts, drug companies should advance research and clinical tests on their own time table, according to their own conscience to advance the company's reputation.

I want to see the acquisition of all FDA applications by those patent holders who had the unpleasant experience of having their drugs shot down.  The FDA has been wrong--and, a lot!  There are thousands of healing molecules still out their waiting to be commercialized and sold.

I want to see an effort made to completely abolish Government Health Care--which you may note would make my above two FDA reforms obsolete.  Vertex (VRTX) wants to make money in the long run.  It wants the medical reputation that will facilitate this.  Vertex (VRTX) must do better!

Paul Wharton
Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter

The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism

I have recently completed the first Volume of two scholarly books on The Enlightenment.  The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism explores the early Enlightenment where a climate of criticism led many philosophers to question the prevailing Christianity.  It was this break away from religion and into reason that was necessary for the philosophers of that time to forge more rational philosophies.  While there were exceptions to the quality of reason generated from some of those philosophers--such as David Hume, and especially Immanuel Kant--overall there was a more positive outcome.

Personally, I can relate to the process of shedding a religion.  I was raised a Christian, began questioning the truth of those beliefs in high school, and finally did a total break in my latter college years.

Paul Wharton
Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter

Vertex (VRTX) Continues to Climb

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VRTX) continued its domination, yesterday.  For a day in which the DOW finished in negative territory, Vertex (VRTX) climbed 6.73%.

Paul Wharton
Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter

The Vertex (VRTX) Post Election Rocket

In 2016, before Trump was elected, I had a watch list of more than 10 stocks that I kept tabs on from time to time.  These included:

Exxon Mobil, Caterpillar, JPMorgan Chase, Domino's Pizza, Microsoft, Intel, Apple, Vertex, Eli Lilly, AbbVie, Johnson & Johnson, and Pfizer.

Having followed the Trump campaign closely, I expected a lot from these heavy hitters if he won.  Well, after trading closed on Wednesday, November 9th, I saw the effect.  However, the most pleasant surprise for me was to see one company, in which I had most of my invested money in at the time, rocket past all the other giants.  Vertex (VRTX) had a higher percentage gain than any of the others I had been watching--at about 11.9% for the day!

Paul Wharton
Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter

Vertex (VRTX) #1 in S&P 500 This Year

In a May 12th blog about the S&P 500 gainers and losers YTD, one of my investments came out on top.  Out of 500 stocks, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) was up 55% since the beginning of trading in January, placing it as the best performing S&P stock this year.

Paul Wharton
Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter

Look at Assad's Torture if You Can

If you look up a biography of the current dictator of Syria, you will read that after growing up in Syria and being involved in the army there, Bashar Assad traveled to England where he studied eye science and eventually got a degree in ophthalmology.

So what does a brutal dictator who is a skilled eye doctor mean to what has been going on over in Syria for decades?  Not only does Assad launch chemical attacks within Syria's own borders, he has been torturing dissidents' eyes and is probably continuing to do so to this day.

Paul Wharton
Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter

Success with my Biotech Investment

I have been holding my biotech pick, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX), with moderate growth for about a year.  Earlier this week, it shot up 20% in a single day after two PHASE III molecules showed positive data for treating cystic fibrosis.

I picked this stock due to my inside knowledge about their business philosophy from reading two books on the company authored by Barry Werth.  One of the books was sold by Second Renaissance Books--the pro-reason bookstore that was originally set up by Ayn Rand herself!

It just goes to show that profit is a product of investing in people and companies that have the right philosophy to make wealth grow.

Paul Wharton
Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter

Motion Magnitude and Direction in regard to Gravity and LightSpeed

All Motion in the Universe is caused by the integration of Gravity and LightSpeed.

Gravity can cause Motion Magnitude to change, but, Gravity's Direction always remains the same.

LightSpeed's Motion Magnitude always remains the same, but, it's Direction can change.

Paul Wharton

Father of Metachemics

 

Paying to not have mental health insurance can be a good thing

Obamacare will soon be repealed; and, from what I'm seeing, the Republicans are getting ready to replace it with what can be described as an Obamacare Lite.  In other words, an effort at mandatory health insurance with a lot of other controls--but just not as many as before.

This GOP cowardice makes me sick.  I don't think that very many people understand that cheap medicine is painful medicine; and expensive welfare only delays the human condition while it takes down an entire society in the process.

I would love to have the opportunity to personally decide the fate of medicine in the U.S.  I would declare total Capitalist Medicine this moment with no controls (i.e., no replacement).  But, if my view does not prevail, I have one request.  Can I pay money to not have mental health insurance?

Paul Wharton
Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter