Book · 2007 · Dianetics
Dianetics
The Modern Science of Mental Health
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The scientology starts off as an offshoot of the self-improvement movement with a book called Dianetics which instructed readers on a series of exercises that would clear them of trauma and bad habits and make them superhuman.
What they say about it
- Bought from late night TV“bought Dianetics on a late night television commercial”5
- Thought it was self help“thought it was a self-help book”3
- Read some of it“I read some of Dianetics though”2
- Tried to read it“tried to read Dianetics several times”2
- Bought the book“I bought the book”2
The best things said about it
Real quick while we're on the audible thing by the way I want I just want to say I'm huge audiobook fan I will tell you a a hilariously awesome and creepy experience is I highly recommend if anyone has like an hour and their your buddies thing and they have listened to that book get Dione XS the a.
Because I bought Dianetics on a late night television commercial I didn't even know what it was.
I thought was sort of like Anthony Robins unlimited power like this is like a guideline for getting your [ __ ] together.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 2017 I've tried to read Dianetics several times. It's almost unreadable in my view.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Aug 2016 And then he went out and wrote Dianetics and that became the founding document of Scientology.
Michael Shermer The Joe Rogan Experience · Jan 2019 There's some stuff in Dianetics that makes very good sense right.
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How it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health by L. Ron Hubbard is the foundational text of Scientology that outlines pseudoscientific self-improvement exercises intended to clear individuals of past trauma and negative habits. The book frequently surfaces on podcasts through personal anecdotes and historical critiques. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Shooter Jennings recommended the audiobook version for its bizarre and creepy experience, while Chuck Lorre and Joe Rogan both recounted purchasing copies from late-night television commercials in the 1990s under the impression that it was a standard self-help book. Robert Evans discussed the work on Behind the Bastards to contextualize how Scientology evolved as an offshoot of early self-help movements, and other guests, including Will Storr, examined its recruitment tactics. On Timcast IRL, Tim Pool and Luke Rudkowski discussed the book's role in recruitment strategies, with Rudkowski noting that after purchasing and reading the first chapter, he concluded the contents were sheer nonsense. Across these discussions, the book is rarely praised for its actual utility, instead serving as a cultural touchstone for late-night infomercials, unconventional belief systems, and the mechanics of alternative self-help movements.
Every mention
Shooter Jennings real quick while we're on the audible thing by the way I want I just want to say I'm huge audiobook fan I w… 1
Recommended
“real quick while we're on the audible thing by the way I want I just want to say I'm huge audiobook fan I will tell you a a hilariously awesome and creepy experience is I highly recommend if anyone has like an hour and their your buddies thing and they have listened to that book get Dione XS the a”
Joe Rogan i really didn't know too much about scientology other than i had bought a book from um dianetics online bec… 13
Discussed
“i really didn't know too much about scientology other than i had bought a book from um dianetics online because uh not online rather on on television late night tv 94 and they wouldn't stop sending me these pamphlets”
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“I ordered Dianetics in like 1994 I had just moved to LA and I thought it was a self-help book”
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“and it was I think he initially wrote for like those pulp magazines like science fiction magazines back in the day and then wound up writing dianic”
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“Harry Potter it's all first draft there's never a second draft”
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“i bought it i bought a dynex book and i got on a list with the volcano exploding in the commercial”
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“I read some of Dianetics though”
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“I read some of Dianetics though I did”
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“I bought the book I bought dtic in 1994 cuz uh I moved to California and I was really into self-help books and stuff like that and I saw one of those uh late night infomercial ads”
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“I thought was sort of like Anthony Robins unlimited power like this is like a guideline for getting your [ __ ] together”
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“I've tried to read Dionetics several times. It's it's almost unreadable in my view. Have you tried to read Dionetics?”
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“I ordered a book late night TV in like 1994 dynetics I was into like I was into Anthony Robbins self-help stuff”
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“There was a late night television commercial for Dionetics and the volcano. Remember the volcano?”
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“I got a Dianetics book in the mail I ordered it because uh when I first moved to California I was uh you know watching TV late at night”
Bryan Callen I bought the book I bought Diane 1
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“I bought the book I bought Diane”
Chuck Lorre because i bought dianetics on a late night television commercial i didn't even know what it was 1
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“because i bought dianetics on a late night television commercial i didn't even know what it was”
Ian Crossland And he was like do you know anything about scientology and I was like just what I've seen from the TV... so… 1
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“And he was like do you know anything about scientology and I was like just what I've seen from the TV... so I actually bought dinetics”
Louis Theroux The problem is when you read Dionetics, you realize it's how loopy it is in my view. And and in fact, cuz s… 1
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“The problem is when you read Dionetics, you realize it's how loopy it is in my view. And and in fact, cuz sometimes and I I I I praise this sort of skeptical-minded approach where people say, 'Well, what's your problem with Scientology?'”
Michael Shermer and then he went out and wrote dianetics and that became the founding document of scientology 1
Discussed
“and then he went out and wrote dianetics and that became the founding document of scientology”
Robert Evans The scientology starts off as an offshoot of the self-improvement movement with a book called Dionetics whi… 1
Discussed
“The scientology starts off as an offshoot of the self-improvement movement with a book called Dionetics which instructed readers on a series of exercises that would clear them of trauma and bad habits and make them superhuman.”
Tim Pool scientologists don't walk up to people and then say here's the book on Scientology they come to you with di… 1
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“scientologists don't walk up to people and then say here's the book on Scientology they come to you with dianetics they ask you if you want to take a test yes they said you wanna take a take a test and ask you questions and they say buy this book called dianetics”
Tom Papa there's some stuff in Dianetics that makes very good sense right 1
Discussed
“there's some stuff in Dianetics that makes very good sense right”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker2
Discussed
“but then he was the book was 20 bucks and he was like don't you think you should know what the book says before you criticize it and I was like you're correct I'll I'll read it and then I read the first chapter and I was just like this is nonsense”
Discussed
“oh it looks like the dianetics”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (14: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“And again, part of the, the core of comedy, I would dare say, is our, and I'm not trying to sell you guys a Dianetics book.”
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“I bought Dionetics and I kind of laughed after the first chapter and then stopped reading out of boredom.”
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“When I gave you Dianetics, it was a joke. You weren't supposed to read.”
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“other than i had bought a book from um dianetics online because uh not online rather on on television late night tv 94”
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“yes dianic have you heard of this book”
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“I remember my first inclination that data meant something was I bought Dianetics.”
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“just the fact that Manson loved that book and in Dianetics just like makes all this and that just explains it all for you”
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“they come to you with dianetics they ask you if you want to take a test they said you wanna take a take a test and ask you questions and they say buy this book called dianetics if you then go through these steps eventually you'll find yourself more so in Scientology that's what wokeness is”
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“I actually got to get this for uh uh 1299 you can send me your credit card and you can join the Church of Scientology L Ron Hubbard we're going to get you on a dietetics program if you want to go clear”
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“I actually got to get this for uh uh 1299 you can send me your credit card and you can join the Church of Scientology L Ron Hubbard we're going to get you on a dietetics program if you want to go clear um yeah that's what we call it yes are you kidding sir don't insult the man You”
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“Try to get people to come to these uh free workshops all these different things on anxiety different things on the mind dianetics that's what he just decided to write about dianetics”
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“about dianetics i didn't know dynamics was scientology i thought it was like uh you know you got to kick ass take on the world get away from your insecurities and your fears”
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“you know l ron hubbard was at Dianetics or whatever”
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“I bought Dionetics. I bought it on online. Not even online. Um I I got it from one of those uh late night infomercials in 1994 when I first moved to Hollywood.”