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ADDITIVES
ADDITIVES
ScnMaster
things which
have
been added. This usually
has
a bad meaning
in that
an
additive
is said to be something needless or harmful which
has
been
done in
addition to
standard procedure
.
Additive
normally means a departure from
standard procedure
. For example, an
auditor
puts different or additional words into a standard
process
or
command
. It means a
twist
on
standard procedure
. In common
English
, it might mean a substance put into a
compound
to improve
its
qualities or suppress undesirable qualities. In
Dianetics
and
Scientology
it definitely means to add something to the
technical
procedure resulting in undesirable results.
—Intro to
Scn
Ethics
Glossary (app. 14.7.90)