“As an ex-s*c*i*e*n*t*o*l*o*g*i*s*t, I am frequently accused of stupidity for being so gullible. I’m not gullible at all ordinarily, so how come I fell prey to the cult? How did I reconcile the more ‘way-out’ aspects of s*c*i*e*n*t*o*l*o*g*y with the normal world around me?

There was nothing inconsistent to reconcile. It really did all make perfect sense at the time… Here are some ways this can be achieved by a cult…” (Operation Clambake)