Harry Tuttle

Intelligence can be used to rationalize bullshit ideas as easily as it can be used to debunk them.

With humans, emotional needs come before intellectual fulfillment.

Thus, a person will devote their intellect to supporting belief in an idea if they need it badly enough emotionally. The smarter they are, the better they are at it.

You don't have to be stupid to be full of shit.

We're all in it together, kid.

themadhair

If Georgia Purdom can hold a PhD in molecular genetics and still be a staff member in Ken Ham’s house of horrors then it must at least be possible that a clam can do similar. Hell you might even get a few clams trying to pull a Jonathan Wells.

Chanology is a flower that grew out of a hole filled with internet shoite. As long as that shoite provides nourishment, that flower will continue to thrive and bloom.

Anonymous Ireland

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the_cloak

There is an OT 8 in Cincinnati that goes by Dr. something or other, but I think he's just a chiropractor. He's the boss of the ex-cleveland browns ball player (also a chiro) who someone leaked naked pictures of last year. We protested during one of his speeches last November and pissed the scilons off something awful by hoisting a protest sign over their curtains which didn't go all the way up the window. Because of that they had to extend their curtain holders to black out all the main window during events now.

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We do not shit where we eat. Keep chanology off the chans.
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FurFagsWorldWide

However, upon googling his name, you'll quickly find that he is in hot water over running the institute into the ground with Scientology methods.

He scored 1-1.5 in a survey of employee satisfaction (scale 1-5), and the people under him are protesting his leadership.

He may be the institute leader, but he seems to be the worst one in the country by far.

Action > Talk

_You_

This is not about more/less intelligence, more/less education. It's about what you use intelligence, or the lack of it, for.

Georgia Purdom is the exception I'm happy with. I bet she was born into a devoted creationist family. Nothing can change the wiring of her brain since childhood. You can look at it as she using her ability to infiltrate science and turn it around to support her agenda. She is the laughing stock as she has to believe that the earth is created in 6 days. And someone quoted the bible that she has to hide for 7 days during her period or else everything she touches are considered dirty.

_You_

She is the laughing stock

My bad. I meant to say that it must be hard for her scientists colleagues to believe that she actually believes in the things above.

Pierre Bourdieu

People often times like to assume that those belonging to groups they despise are somehow defective in terms of morality or intelligence. It is an integral part of dehumanizing that group and legitimating the disdain held for that group. With cults though, we know that intelligence (or lack thereof) isn't really a good indicator of whether or not someone is likely to sign up.

Bitches don't know 'bout my habitus.

_You_

True.

Intelligent people can turn into scifags, and if we attempt to make ourselves believe that our enemy is stupid, then that is a grave mistake.

Never underestimate teh scifags, because while scifagottry is a pile of fail, some of it's followers can be quite ressourceful.

EyeOnSci

QFT^^^^^

David Aden, scilon of 30 years, GO/OSA

DC Anonymous and Boris Korczak Ad Hoc Discussion With Scientologist David Aden

David Aden is a tech guy, not sure of his degree but he works at the upper echelon of the nuclear regulatory agency:

david miscavige going straight for anons jugular! INFILTRATION OF I.T. GENUISES.

Somebody's Watching You.

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MongoLloyd

Sure: When the degree was created, science did not exist. It had not yet branched off from philosophy.
E.g. where Hamlet said:
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Shakespeare would probably have written 'science' instead today.

If you were studying at a European university circa 1500, you'd typically have a choice of:
- Law (Juris Dr)
- Medicine (Medicinæ Dr)
- Theology (Theologiae Dr)
- Philosophy (Philosophiæ Dr)
- Pastry (Cæk Dr)
And that's it. The title stuck. Master's degrees etc are a much more recent innovation.

MongoLloyd

On the main topic.. Intelligence has little to do with it; good critical thinking does. Critical thinking is a skill, one that anyone can learn, really.

You can be quite intelligent and still be a bad critical thinker, and vice-versa. And being a good critical thinker isn't a guarantee that you're actually going to use those skills.

That said, I'm pretty convinced most PhDs and scientists are indeed pretty good critical thinkers, which leads to them generally being less likely to be duped by stuff like this. (and if someone happens to know any physics or chemistry, it's pretty hard to read LRH's 'science' babble without concluding that the guy didn't know WTF he was talking about) Not a guarantee, of course.

And on the other hand, you've got folks who get duped by Scientology and seemed to have learned nothing at all from the experience. One look at ESMB will tell you that. ("NEW WORLD ORDER DNA" -- WTF? *facepalm*)

_You_

Dr. Oliver Schaper

WTF

The "6 days" could be true depending upon definition, viewpoint (s) or space-time relativity interactions.


Google "Brahma day".


Also consider that looking from the origin point of the "big bang" (which was neither big nor noisy) through the expansion of space time generates an approximate 6-8 days apparently elapsed.

Mom's gonna fix it all soon.

adhocrat

Another good question would be how many kids who grew up in scientology got a college degree of any sort.

I've got a feeling that very few people earn degrees after they join the cult.

Scientology as Personality Disorder

Boggle

Here are two Scientologists who are PhDs:

The Debate Over the Nature of Reality (Softcover)

Their former boss, Martin Samuels, started the Delphian School. After leaving Scientology, Samuels expressed his views on L. Ron Hubbard, and David Miscavige, in an interview in the 'Reflections' chapter of the book, 'L. Ron Hubbard, Messiah or Madman?'

Samuels is now a non-person, and all mention of him has been erased from Delphi School literature and history. Neither one of these two PhDs communicate with him, or acknowledge his existence.

_You_

Bryan Zwan of Digital Lightwave fame has a PhD in space physics.

isupeonedDavidmiscaviage

Who needs education when you've got special OT powers and the study tech!

WTF

I got email spam promo today from Stephen Tomczak PhD. A picture on the promo showed a stat graph in affluent trend--hmmm. Sure enough he shows on the completions list Steve Tomczak - Scientology Service Completions | Truth About Scientology Statistics Project.

His consulting seemed to be geared towards business/professional client recovery. I am betting he is a WISE guy--the single impediment to client recovery is the executive. Here-- I have a Bridge for you to buy...

Mom's gonna fix it all soon.

Ononymous

The worst abuse is when a doctor abuses privileges with a patient in order to steer him or her into Scientology. A doctor is trusted and patients are advised to follow their doctor's directions, so to step outside the bounds of medical care into proselytizing or otherwise influencing in inappropriate ways is abuse of medical practice and should be considered such with appropriate legal action and revocation of a license to practice medicine.

Anonymous

I joined Scientology after I had my P.H.D.




















Pretty Huge Dick!!!