Dianetics - The Original Thesis

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I wish I could have finished it since I'm kind of curious what he says, to see if I can find valuable info within. However, I really don't like his tone. He uses a lot of statements like “we have proved [this or that]” but it doesn't cite any peer-reviewed research. I didn't start the book with any backstory of what I was getting into I just liked the cover and title. But it turns out its quite a controversial book with a lot of cultural baggage. This made me more curious to get through it. But it's such a slow read, I was several hours into it and it still all felt very introductory. There's some cool ideas like “engrams” and some interesting heuristics about how people develop neuroses. I have plenty of neuroses so I was like ooh finally a cure. But nah, I didn't find this to be a promising route of inquiry.

This book changed my life. Here are my favorite excerpts from this masterpiece written by Daddy Hubbard.
“DYNAMIC THREE is the urge of the individual toward survival for the group or the group for the group and includes the symbiotes of that group.”
“What's that squishing sound?”
“But not the reactive mind! That's so beautifully, wonderfully simple that it can be stated, in operation, to have just one equation: A = A = A = A = A.”

Listen, this book starts off with a note explaining that if you don't understand this book, it's because you didn't take the time to look up every single word in the dictionary, so really, I guess the fact that I didn't like this is all on me. Well played, LRH.

http://www.frowl.org/worstbestsellers/episode-30-dianetics/