And during the war - during the war, I had some very interesting experiences on the subject of the mind. I was on one ship that had about seven hundred men on it, and we were getting two people a week going mad. Two people a week went mad on that ship. That's an awful lot of people going mad. But in view of the fact that we had no replacements, they were simply left on duty for the most part. We particularly contested taking off duty one chap who had had the bad taste to want shore leave in … [Read more...] about Lecture: Story of Dianetics and Scientology (2) (1958)
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Lecture: How We Have Addressed The Problem of the Mind (July 4, 1957)
No, truly enough, in a world where science and scientific secrets are the stock in trade of the militarist, one has to be alert to the fact that developed scientific information such as that in Scientology continue to be free, continue to be available. It's too large a temptation for somebody to say, "Oh. hey! we can button this up. We've got it made here. We've got it absolutely made. All we've got to do is take all this technology, brainwash everybody and put up thought police towers in all … [Read more...] about Lecture: How We Have Addressed The Problem of the Mind (July 4, 1957)
The Revolt of the American Nuclear Physicists (1957)
At the end of World War 2 a friend of mine, Lt. Commander of the Coast Guard, Johnny Arwine, and myself went to the California Institute of Technology[1. Wikipedia: California Institute of Technology.]—Cal Tech— to meet with a great many old time atomic physicists who had been at the project that dropped the original bomb—from Los Alamos Gordas[1. Wikipedia: Los Alamos National Laboratory.], [1. In the 1989 edition of All About Radiation, the preceding sentence reads, "At the end of World War … [Read more...] about The Revolt of the American Nuclear Physicists (1957)
Lecture: The Game of Life (1956)
Well, what's very funny is, World War II, of course, produced an enormous amount of insanity in the armed forces. It must have because there are a lot of people in hospitals. The first time I ever suspected this fact was the first time I ever confronted that fact: that there was some coordination between being disenfranchised from a game and going mad. Found that out. It was quite interesting. I was flown in from the South Pacific as the first casualty to be shipped out of the South Pacific … [Read more...] about Lecture: The Game of Life (1956)
Lecture: Cause And Effect: Full Responsibility (1951)
I had an interesting experience on this line. I was supposed to have been the first casualty who came home from the South Pacific at the beginning of the war. I woke up in a bed at the hospital and there was a little fellow standing there with thick glasses on, and he held up a finger and he said, “How many fingers have I got?” I remembered the experience of a girl who was picked up on the street in New York and taken to Bellevue, and somebody said, “How many fingers have I got?” She said, … [Read more...] about Lecture: Cause And Effect: Full Responsibility (1951)
Lecture: The Complete Auditor Part II (1951)
I was the first casualty home from the South Pacific. I turned myself in at the hospital, got some adhesive tape glued on me, and I was all set to go home in a hurry and see the wife and kids. But the doctor said, “No, you go to bed.” “Why?” “Well, you’ve got to have a routine checkover, routine checkover.” Any time the navy says “routine,” this means it is unavoidable. So I proceeded to turn myself in. I woke up the next morning and there was the most horrible character I had ever seen, … [Read more...] about Lecture: The Complete Auditor Part II (1951)