Ayn Rand and William Hickman

People who are really interested in Ayn Rand (Robbie Gould's philosophical guru) will be interested in an article titled Romancing the Stone-Cold Killer: Ayn Rand and William Hickman, written by journalist Michael Prescott. The article tells about how Rand became intellectually infatuated with a psychopathic murderer when she was about 23 years old.

The article is extremely upsetting. I am very serious about that warning. Hickman murdered a 12-year-old girl in a horrific manner, which Prescott describes with shocking details. Rand admired Hickman. Read the article only if you are seriously interested in Rand and her philosophical development.

Ayn Rand as a young woman

If you do read the article, then read also Hickman's follow-up articles and their discussion comments.

Ad hominem, ad nauseam

Hickman -- sick man

Wrapping up Hickman

Hickman postmortem

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