Things are looking up.

[cecilia]

Guess your more suited for "$cientology" its beliefs and practices are based on the scientific research of Dianetics and E-Meter auditing.

There is nothing scientific about Dianetics or auditing.

Could it be that Cecilia was in fact, exactly what she said she was?

he's so desperate to CONVERT me :roflmao:

and it ain't working.

and I love the way he mistakes "passion" for revulsion at being mislabeled

I KNOW who I am and I always have.

 

[metalman]

Guess your more suited for "$cientology" its beliefs and practices are based on the scientific research of Dianetics and E-Meter auditing.

There is nothing scientific about Dianetics or auditing.

nothing: zero quantity; nought

There is disagreement among philosophers of science and members of the scientific community as to whether there is a consistent and meaningful way to distinguish pseudoscience from merely non-mainstream science. Therefore pseudoscience meets the requirement of "something scientific"

$cientology: a pairing of the Latin word scientia ("knowledge", "skill"), which comes from the verb sc?re ("to know"), and the Greek ????? lógos ("word" or "account [of]")

Hubbard's "Modern Science of Mental Health" a textbook classic of pseudoscientific psychology

The Dianetics therapy model is said by $cientologists to be an advancement on the "work of Freud".

Hubbard patented the "E-Meter" on December 6, 1966, as a "Device for Measuring and Indicating Changes in the Resistance of a Human Body" (U.S. Patent 3,290,589)

 

[the_leander]

There is disagreement among philosophers of science

Meanwhile, actual scientists, as opposed to science students who dropped out because it was too hard, know that there is no scientific merit on any level to Dianetics or Scientology's claims.

The Dianetics therapy model is said by $cientologists to be an advancement on the "work of Freud".

Err, no it isn't. Scientology has a long standing grudge against the profession of Psychology. See their "industry of death" expo. To attempt to conflate the two beyond the initial courses will result in a massive flamefest or at best, being made to watch an infomercial all about the "evil psychs".

3/10 You're trying too hard.

 

[faethor]

There is disagreement among philosophers of science and members of the scientific community as to whether there is a consistent and meaningful way to distinguish pseudoscience from merely non-mainstream science. Therefore pseudoscience meets the requirement of "something scientific"

The disagreement isn't among the members of science. The wish for a disagreement comes from the pseudoscientists. If you really don't know the difference pick up Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan. It's a fairly good primier on the question and is a fairly easy read.

The Dianetics therapy model is said by $cientologists to be an advancement on the "work of Freud".

So the Scientologist trend of hating Psychology and especially Psychiatrics is ?? Yeah you're off here.

 

[cecilia]

Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan is brilliant and should be required reading for every student and human being, period

 

[faethor]

Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan is brilliant and should be required reading for every student and human being, period

I'd agree. Perhaps the High School test should be changed to be an Essay on what a Baloney Detection Kit is and a demonstration on how the student knows how to use it properly.

 

[cecilia]

Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan is brilliant and should be required reading for every student and human being, period

I'd agree. Perhaps the High School test should be changed to be an Essay on what a Baloney Detection Kit is and a demonstration on how the student knows how to use it properly.

that sounds like the Perfect test!!