The cell and the organism

Hubbard makes more use of anecdotal evidence here, in that a person functions better, analytically, when happy and less so when aberrated; less well still when mown down by a truck and unconscious.

This principle does not fully hold up. People can be so happy as to be uncaring and distracted; not feeling like wishing to analyse anything. People can be so down on life that it generates a keen interest, a concentration, in a subject which gains more analytical attention than it would if the person was in a content state.

The chapter is, like the others before it, full of statement of Hubbard's opinion but is lacking in any hard evidence.

Hubbard makes the point that even an individual cell will, under observation, behave in a manner which can be interpreted as deliberate, analyticised action. However, he fails to back up this point himself, thus contributing nothing to the behaviour of individual cells.

The chapter is full of statements of things that are, "scientific fact," but there is no proof or reference to support these statements. Without such proof, these, "facts," are unproven and can only be held in doubt, pending such proof. "This is not theory. This is scientific fact. It is strictly test tube." Then show us the tube.

That, unfortunately, wraps up yet another chapter of unsubstantiated observations based on anecdotal evidence, that the reader is expected to swallow. This chapter is, however, notably heavier on making negative statements and including a positive reference as to how Dianetics is the situations saviour.

Next up, "The Demons."