Appendix II1 The Scientific Method The Scientific Method is based solidly on definite rules, but is none the less, like the American Way of Life, something that must be lived to be fully understood. The United States has a Constitution, but the American Way of Life is far more than that; so the Scientific Method […]
John W. Campbell Jr.
Article: Letters from the Birth of Dianetics
Those familiar with the life of L. Ron Hubbard as recounted in issues of the Ron Series will recall repeated references to the LRH trail of research through the latter 1940s. Generally touched upon are his 1945 endocrinological studies at an Oak Knoll naval hospital near San Francisco, his 1946 examination of narcosynthesis at a […]
Letter: John W. Campbell Jr. To A. E. Van Vogt
A.E. van vogt November 16, 1949 Dear van: I haven’t heard from you in some time, and with the subject of Dianetics boiling, I’ve been wondering what you’ve been doing. I’m still going to see to it that you get a copy of the operator’s manual as soon as possible, but the thing is undergoing […]