The 1950s were heady days, indeed L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics had just been promoted by John W. Campbell, Jr. in Astounding Science Fiction magazine. The world was ablaze with Dianetic groups resulting from Campbell's influence and Hubbard's new book -- doctors, lawyers, engineers, mathematicians, teachers -- everyone, including the common man was out to become "clear," a superior beingness promised by Hubbard's first book, "Dianetics: The Modern Science...
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