As Much as I love Free Speech, Little Would be Lost Were Ayn Rand's Books Burnes

Just as the automatic values directing the functions of a plant’s body are sufficient for its survival, but are not sufficient for an animal’s
-The Objectivist Ethics, Ayn Rand

The most annoying part is that Rand speaks with such absolute confidence about sh*t she has no idea of, like the differences between plant and animal biology and survival. Even back in the crappy part of the last century when Rand was alive it was understood that lots of jellyfish have no sort of brain, but do have a nervous system providing "automatic values."
Further, Rand isn't just a little incorrect in believing these "automatic values" are allegedly insufficient for animal survival, Rand is enormously incorrect. Jellyfish have not only been around for eons, but are potentially especially well adapted to global warming as multiple indicators have suggested their populations are increasing.

I'm not even going to go into the micro-bio realm where Rand's statement would be equally or more retarded. But again, in this same essay, Rand tosses around the term "protoplams" as if she understands how a microorganism works, then a few paragraphs later posts this retarded sh*t. You know what, let's go micro-bio world after all. Does Rand seriously believe anything beyond "automatic values" are governing the actions of a prokaryote? If I were Ms. Rand's fourth grade teacher I would have informed her that a unicellur organism that doesn't even have a nucleus, and is infinitely older than humans, is surviving perfectly fine with little other than "automatic values."

Sorry for the cursing.