 Kaczynski developed his philosophical ideas early in life , and up to the moment of the bombings , carried on an extensive ongoing debate with his brother David . Ted identified strongly with positivism , meaning that he strongly believed in an objective reality and that through sensory experience and analysis of this , one can obtain authentic knowledge . Kaczynski , throughout most of his earlier years ( the 1960s , deconstructivism , a distrust of " the system " , a desire for revolution ) remained " the intellectual outsider " and considered himself more important than others . 
