From: Roland Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: E-meter limitations (was Re: Rape in the Sea Org Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 16:20:47 -0700 Organization: Xemu's Church of the Electroconvulsive Liberation Lines: 34 Message-ID: <34172B4F.2460@_SPAMTRAP_coltice.force9.co.uk> References: <3415E417.2577C8E7@innernet.net> <19970910150200.LAA11839@ladder01.news.aol.com> Reply-To: xemu@_SPAMTRAP_coltice.force9.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: hdd152.ha.uk.sbphrd.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win16; I) Inducto wrote: > -----------------------. If the e-meter worked as flawlessly as > advertised, this should never happen. That Scientology has never been able > to admit to or correct for this crippling defect in their "technology" is > evidence that they are definitely not doing good "science". You are right and this principal should be applied to the design of the e-meter. I have greatly simplified the design of the e-meter for the upper levels of the Bridge (OT VIII through to OT Googolplex). I have replaced it with two tin cans, two wires with crocodile clips and a mains plug. But I have not addressed the redesign of the e-meter for lower level auditing. For lower level auditing I would keep the tin cans (since if they were dispensed with then upper level auditing with my new e-meter would be out-gradient). But as for extras we need to look at how useful the e-meter is in improving the mental well-being of a person. It seems to me that its only useful function is to give a person the opportunity to be pleased with his auditor and to praise L. Ron Hubbard. (You have only got to go to an org and read the success stories to realise that this is the thing that matters). To this end you want an e-meter that clearly shows F/Ns and really shows up the VGIs side of things. Using this principle in the design then I would simply add two flags to the two tin cans. These could then be waved from side to side when the PC was pleased or had felt he had made a gain or had a win. The flags when waved would reveal the message on it with something like "I'm So Happy" or "You've Saved My Life LRH" or "Theta Flowing in on all Dynamics!" or such like. These flags could be bought as extras with seasonal changes in message at say $500 each. The tin cans (real tin plate 100% standard tech) could stay at the modest price of $200 per can. With this new design I think there would be more gains per session as well as faster progress "Up The Bridge" without any damage to Church finances. Roland