":Years ago I was attending a university and stopped by the Philosophy dept. I mentioned Atlas Shrugged at the time not being aware of the animosity toward her in some circles. This prompted one of the professors to make a comment to the effect of ""oh, yeah that Ayn Rand crap..."" Further inquiry revealed that she'd never actually read the book - or any others of Rand, but was simply reflecting word-of-mouth bias and had concluded it wasn't worth her effort to investigate any further. Yet her contempt was absolute. This was a paid ""professional"" in Philosophy.   

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