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To assume that Ayn Rand was misled for 30+ years by this man is a huge insult to the quality of her intelligence which you seem to admire.
Good point. I do greatly admire her intelligence and talent and accomplishment. She is a heroine of mine even if I do not consider myself to be strictly speaking an Objectivist. She did name Peikoff as her intellectual heir. OTOH, she did, by the reports, 'send him away' for a time to, I guess, work on his philosophical talents.
I admire both Peikoff and Kelly. I think they both bring good things to the table and both help advance her ideas.