I’m starting to think our government officials that could stop this are getting rich off of scientology ias,like mabe the ias is a secret account for gov. Officials. There is no explination why our gov,would allow this for one more day,jim jones had a few family members complain there Fam was not talking to them,they have that plus soooo much more in complaints on scientology. Something stinks

Something similar is the way that slime molds can discover a shape that is similar to a computer-generated optimal path (the ‘traveling salesman problem’ of finding the most efficient path that covers all points on a trip), or a path that has been developed by humans over time, such as rail networks in the UK or Tokyo.

http://culturingscience.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/nature-inspired-network-design-recent-studies-in-slime-mold-and-leaf-veins/

Neat stuff, certainly.

” Cognitively too lazy to think it all the way through.”

Or rushed so that they can’t. Like the stupid facebook things that say “Click in 3 seconds to see what happens!”. Or stores running a Last Chance sale, or infomercials with a countdown timer on screen as if there’s really a limited time offer.

I kinda suspect that’s why staff and such are worked so hard. Keep them busy and they won’t have time to think “What the hell am I doing this for? This is bullshit, I’m out of here” before the next little addictive “win” can be doled out to make them think it’s worthwhile.

He may have been influenced by A.E. van Vogt’s 1948 “The World of Null-A”

“The opening of The World of Null-A sets out one of these
grand van Vogtian schemes. A thirty-day competition is
being held in the city of the Machine, and the results
determine nothing less than people’s future careers and
financial prospects. Thousands of people are participating,
and each day the contestants are tested in a series of
games set by the massive computer that runs the city.
With each passing day, more and more contenders are
eliminated, and only a small cadre remain, battling for the
spoils.”

Van Vogt was involved with Dianetics early on.

And, frankly, I think Hubbard probably got a chubby thinking of himself in the role of the Machine.

I have two core memory cards I bought on eBay for cheap. Core memory was before my time, but I find it fascinating to be able to hold volatile memory in which the bit-storage locations are visible and tangible. One of these days I’ll frame them and hang them.

I edit my posts to better express myself.

Well … thank you for not getting defensive.

I have never, ever talked to down to anyone on this blog who didn’t cop an attitude with me first.
Ever.

Nope. In general (not singling you out; don’t get defensive) I just don’t like know-it-alls that talk down to people. Cruise is an example of that. I have three friends that are ex-scientologists and one still in. None of them speak Hubbardese. Of course, only my friend ‘still in’ is an operating thetan. He’s still a treasured friend. Once when I wanted to show him something about music on the internet while at his house, his net-nanny block popped up for some unknown reason. He seemed embarrassed. We don’t talk about $cientology. I respect his choices. Plus, he’s a great and talented guy.