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Aaron Smith-Levin

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

He's not just a hater.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

And I'll just say, it's interesting to note, you would never get a representative of the Church of Scientology to sit down and have a conversation with you and even be as fair and accurate about Scientology as I'm going to be, which is noteworthy.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

They paint themselves into a corner of not being able to send a representative out into the world to speak honestly about it because you're literally not allowed to.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

So when faced, you know, if you're just sitting down with an entertainment journalist, a representative might be able to fudge their way through an interview.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

But sitting down for a long-form format interview with someone who is going to ask them about Xenu and the body thetans and Leah Remini and Lisa McPherson, that's a no-go zone.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

So I'm representing why it will never happen.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

But, shit, I would tune in for that interview.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

I mean, I hope you do get someone.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

I would love to be wrong.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

Yes, anyone over there, if they've done their homework, knows you're gonna be as fair as anyone in the world's going to be.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

And yet, they're simply things they're not allowed to talk about.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

And they're not even allowed to say, I'm not allowed to talk about it.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

It's not even a matter of training.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

It's that there's an entire, the entire upper half of Scientology's bridge is simply confidential.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

I mean, and I never even did those levels when I was in Scientology.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

I didn't learn what Scientologists actually believe on those upper levels.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

until after I got out of Scientology and I was frickin' born and raised in it.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

Yeah, I was four years old when my mom got in.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

So I was four years old when my mom got introduced to Scientology.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

And she got in really fast, really quick.