Why People Believe that (Scientology and L Ron Hubbard’s) Bullshit is Actually Profound.
The linked post is long, thorough, well-written and excerpted, and quite frankly teased, only briefly below.
Scientology Books and Media: Why People Believe that (L Ron Hubbard’s) Bullshit is Actually Profound
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On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit | Gordon Pennycook, James Allan Cheyne, Nathaniel Barr Derek J. Koehler, Jonathan A. Fugelsan | Judgment and Decision Making, Vol. 10, No. 6, November 2015
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Anyone who has read “Dianetics”, let alone the material which makes up ‘advanced’ Scientology courses, will have come across many passages that make them ask, “what is that supposed to mean“?
This leads to the question of why people read nonsense and ascribe deep meaning to such passages – even when they cannot actually articulate what that meaning is?
There are several explanations for this. This paper describes an experiment which possibly provides another. It not only demonstrates how some people uncritically ascribe meaning to a nonsense passage which ‘sounds profound’, but also provides a means of identifying individuals who are most vulnerable to this kind of confusion.
A Lot of L Ron Hubbard’s Writings Do Not Make Any Sense at All
[SNIP]
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Why People Believe that (Scientology & L Ron Hubbard’s) Bullshit is Actually Profound
The linked post is long, thorough, well-written and excerpted, and quite frankly teased, only briefly below.
Scientology Books and Media: Why People Believe that (L Ron Hubbard’s) Bullshit is Actually Profound
http://ift.tt/2aNwMBu
* * * * * BEGIN EXCERPT * * * * *
On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit | Gordon Pennycook, James Allan Cheyne, Nathaniel Barr Derek J. Koehler, Jonathan A. Fugelsan | Judgment and Decision Making, Vol. 10, No. 6, November 2015
View Online | Download as .pdf (click on Grey button ‘Download through your browser’ in new tab)
Anyone who has read “Dianetics”, let alone the material which makes up ‘advanced’ Scientology courses, will have come across many passages that make them ask, “what is that supposed to mean“?
This leads to the question of why people read nonsense and ascribe deep meaning to such passages – even when they cannot actually articulate what that meaning is?
There are several explanations for this. This paper describes an experiment which possibly provides another. It not only demonstrates how some people uncritically ascribe meaning to a nonsense passage which ‘sounds profound’, but also provides a means of identifying individuals who are most vulnerable to this kind of confusion.
A Lot of L Ron Hubbard’s Writings Do Not Make Any Sense at All
[SNIP]
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