Aaron Smith-Levin

So you're trying to set the sensitivity of this thing.

And that's all, the knob there on the bottom to the left, that's the sensitivity knob.

And that determines just how much, how sensitive the needle's going to be.

And the bigger dial is called the tone arm.

And that is changing, I want to say voltage or current, but I'm not intending, I'm going to get one of those words is wrong, right?

Yeah, so here's even just how a Scientology auditor believes it works.

You're holding the cans.

There's a tiny little battery in that e-meter that's sending, you're completing the circuit when you pick up the cans, right?

So you got a little thing going there and that needle will respond to your physical movement, but that's not what we want.

We want you to sit the hell still so that we can read this thing when I'm asking you questions.

Okay.

So you're sitting there still, very still.

As still as you can.

Comfortable, right?

And I'm going to go, is there something you're withholding from me?

And what I'm looking for is right when I say at the end of me, I'm looking for the needle to dip to the right.

That's what it's used for.

Except it's an enforced conversation.

So I'll give you a really good example of this.

So...