Re: Anyone verify the

anon-remailer@utopia.hacktic.nl (Name withheld by request) wrote: >
> In article <3qcpu0$c2p@newsbf02.news.aol.com>
> diconnectd@aol.com "Diconnectd" writes:
>
> > Never heard of it.
>
> You have now, though. It's used by the cult of $cientology to sucker people in,
> by fooling them into thinking that the E-meter reflects their thoughts - and it
> also provides a source of positive reinforcement during the early training
> sessions on the E-meter.
>
> Basically, all the E-meter needs to be is a GSR meter, and that's what's
> described in the 1966 patent for it; it matters little if the circuit is a
> Wheatstone bridge or uses transistors to amplify the weak current - both the
> principal and the effect is the same. Ignore all that guff about it measuring
> brain waves - it doesn't; holding a tin can in each hand is about as effective
> a way of measuring cephalic activity as it would be of measuring the number of
> pills popped by Phatt Ronny.
>
> That's the basic E-meter. Now, for the clever bit. As Ronny never wanted anyone
> to see what a load of air he was shipping in the E-meters, he had the cases
> sealed to start with, then took to filling the cases with polyester resin.
>
> With the meters used for public demonstrations, there are switches attached to
> the top of the case, and those used to be magnetic reed switches to connect in
> various other circuits, such as the astable multivibrator used in the "Theta
> bob dance" routine. Those switches needed a magnet to operate them, though, and
> as it would have been obvious had the cultist poked a magnet at them, the
> magnet was concealed in a ring on one of their fingers; depending on how and
> where they placed their hand on the meter, a different effect was produced.
>
> These days, they've gone even more sophisticated. They don't need to use reed
> switches any more, and they were prone to breakage after a time, anyway. They
> now use capacitance switching, from the mains hum that is induced in everyone
> in a building with mains electricity.
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Sorry. Even though I am an exscientologyist I have seen many meters taken apart.... the works are all accessible, never seen one filled with resin. As for the 'theta bop'.. needle reaction... I've personally seen them on people who later said they were exterior from their bodys or on the verge of it.

The E meter is a valuable and workable tool.

If you wish to critize the Church of Scientology you would be better off targeting the real problems... the rampant criminality, rip offs, and lies.

There is a base line core of workable techology however burried amidst this corruption..... not recognizing this grain of truth sticks you in the mess, you are only seeing a partial picture.

Phil