In
a video
published on www.youtube.com,
Aida
Thomas, Class VIII auditor, shows some very interesting details as to
alterations that were done with tech materials. Below you can find a
summary of the important points - but of course I can recommend you to
watch the video in all its seven parts!
The HCO PL 9 July 80 “Ethics, Justice and the Dynamics” was revised on 25 March 89. The revision note says that the revision was made to restore the issue “as originally written by LRH” and to eliminate parts of the section “What happens when the dynamics go out ethics” because they were not written by LRH.
In the original version of the book the book starts with a dedication to various philosophers and great man, who in the eyes of LRH contributed to the formation of Dianetics. This dedication is completely missing in the new version (and by the way, also the personal dedication to Diana Hubbard!)
In
the
original issue the chapter “Introduction” gave a
lot of data on psychometric
experiments on persons who received processing (over 20 pages). These
data are
completely missing in the 1989 version and are replaced by some general
text (3
pages) which can be found in other books, too.
The book contains the meanwhile well-known but nevertheless shocking alterations of Logic 4 and Axiom 3 which are described in the Tech Alterations List on this site.
Aida Thomas also stresses the changes in the Auditor’s Code – the old version (of 1968) has this preface: “In celebration of the 100% gains attainable by Standard Tech.” The new version just says “I hereby promise as an auditor…” without mentioning 100% gains!
Also the point “I promise to cooperate fully with the legal organizations of Dianetics and Scientology as developed by L. Ron Hubbard in safeguarding the ethical use and practice of the subject according to the basics of Standard Tech” (italics added to show the deleted parts) was replaced by “I promise to cooperate fully with the authorized organizations of Dianetics and Scientology in safeguarding the ethical use and practice of those subjects” … interesting little change indeed.
Finally in the “Chart of abilities gained” in the new version you can find the following entries for OT 1, OT 2 etc.: “as given in the materials for [that level]”. In the original edition however the table holds a description for the ability gained for each of these levels.
Other
books, like “Dianetics Today”, “