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I love that L. Ron felt the need to define words throughout the book. Words like idyllic, procreate, tome, pallid and testosterone. What does he think of his readers to have to ...more...]]> 1 12 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 09:04:41 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 08:25:54 -0700 2007
The funniest blend of hypnosis and psychoanalysis to come along in a good long while. Hey guys, it's a science! And by science we mean a collection of information about a thing. To explain the workings of the brain we've made up some anthrop...more...]]> 1 8 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 11:51:45 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 12:31:33 -0800 2007
"The potential value of an individual or a group may be expressed by the equation
PV = ID^x
where I is Intelligence and D is Dynamic. The worth of an individual is computed in terms of the alignment, on any d...more...]]> 5 8 false false Fri May 30 13:25:26 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 13:26:28 -0700 2008 ]]> 1 6 false false Sun May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 10:36:26 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 09:13:16 -0700 2008 Half.com are going to recommend things to me based on this purchase. So, on the the review.

This book is worthless. It's poorly written, disorganized, absolutely not science, and a pipe dream of a self-h...more...]]> 3 4 false false Fri Nov 23 17:46:26 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 18:22:08 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1 4 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Thu Oct 18 21:41:35 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 21:49:59 -0700 2007
(1) Scientologists are stupid!

(2) Scientology is a money stealing cult that preys on the weak and the disenfranchised!!

(3) L. Ron Hubbard was a science fiction writer who believed that all humans are possessed by the souls of ancient...more...]]> 5 4 true false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 10 11:26:54 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 06 04:59:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 3 false false Fri Feb 08 12:40:16 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 12:42:25 -0800 2008 1 2 false false Thu Feb 21 15:27:44 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 15:27:44 -0800 2008
"What Hubbard touts as a science of mind lacks one key element that is expected of a science: empirical testing of claims. The key elements of Hubbard's so-called science don't s...more...]]> 0 2 false false Mon May 14 14:24:08 -0700 2007 Mon May 14 14:26:16 -0700 2007 1 3 false false Wed Nov 12 10:07:57 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 15 10:26:41 -0700 2009 5 3 false false Wed Jan 16 10:00:17 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 10:01:22 -0800 2008 1 2 false false Wed Oct 17 23:15:14 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 23:21:37 -0700 2007 1 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984 Tue Dec 30 14:03:50 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 14:49:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Aug 03 06:27:40 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 06:30:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 09 08:15:41 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 08:26:55 -0700 2009 In two words: Utter Tripe
In three or more: Utter and Complete Tripe
A better title would have been "Dianetics: The Modern Science of the Mentally Unstable" or "Ways In Which I Show I Have No Idea What I Am Talking About" by L. Ron Hubbard. His s...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 15 15:52:34 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 15:53:41 -0700 2009
I'd only recommend this to somebody who wants to know more about how batshit insane Scientology is. Other than that, don't bother. ]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 25 11:52:43 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 10:06:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jan 02 17:56:51 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 18:14:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=179166