Battlefield of dreams - 2000-05-12

Battlefield of dreams May 12, 2000, Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times

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In December 1980, two months after completing Battlefield Earth, Hubbard informed his followers: "I was a bit disgusted with the way the psychologists and brain surgeons mess people up so I wrote a fiction story based in part on the consequences that could occur if the shrinks continued to do it."

Scientologists view psychiatry and psychology as abusive and misguided because both fields, they argue, regard people as "animals" and not "spiritual beings." Doctors in the field are referred to derisively as "Psyches."

The parallel is clear in Battlefield Earth, where Psychlos (read "psyches") refer to their human prey as animals.

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{{cite news | first = Thomas C. | last = Tobin | title = Battlefield of dreams | url = http://www.sptimes.com/News/051200/news_pf/Floridian/Battlefield_of_dreams.shtml | work = St. Petersburg Times | date = 2000-05-12 | accessdate = 2009-12-20 }}