#Reading #Dianetics #SoYouDontHaveTo
#Scientology #nonsense
Chapter 1 - The Scope of Dianetics (pages 7-13)
#MyThoughts - The purple prose hurts my brain. I can see why people think his earlier fiction is hard-to-read. I do, however, appreciate all the foot-notes.
#CW - This chapter contains some casual racism that was common to the era. I will not quote or reference those statements in this thread.
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#Dianetics chapter 1 #KeyPoints
• Dianetics is a "science of the mind" & "an answer to the goal of thought"
• Provides an history of humanity and of "aberrations" of mental health and illnesses
• Argues there is a "single source of all insanities ... and social derangements"
• Defines various psychological terms regarding said "insanities"
• Claims that this book's goals include creating techniques to cure, and prevent, these issues.
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#LRonHubbard promises the reader that #Dianetics is:
1) "an organized science of thought"
2) which "contains a therapeutic technique ... with assurance of complete cure"
3) that "produces a condition of ability and rationality" and "gives a complete insight into the full potentialities of the mind"
#LRH then makes some pretty strong claims that imply that Dianetics is the Universal Theory of Science of the Mind, but provides no evidence of any research.
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#Review - I regret challenging myself to read this, as #LRH had a writing style that is difficult for me. It is not #DyslexiaFriendly at all.
I can only read a few pages at a time, so if I finish this project it's gonna take a long time.
At this point, it's basically an extended introduction of the book. Hopefully it gets easier to read as I continue.
🧵4/4
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Buster McNutt