L. Ron Hubbard apparently inspiration for "Accepted"

A report surfaced in The Times of London today suggesting that *gasp* scientology founder Lafayette Ron Hubbard (worst name ever?) may have lied about his education. I know. The idea that a science fiction writer who made up his own pay-religion (based on aliens) after his pyschotherapy theories were ridiculed by people with real degrees may have actually been a con artist? Sometimes the world is a surprising place.

Whitehall officials, keen to learn if Hubbard was truly a man of letters, asked the British Consulate in Los Angeles to investigate him. They sent an urgent confidential request asking whether he had founded the university, if the degree was self-awarded and what was the standing of the institution. “Grateful if you will make discreet and confidential inquiries and telegraph early reply,” said the author of a telegram from London. The answer came from Los Angeles on April 26, 1977: “After exhaustive enquiries we have now tracked down organisation named which was closed down by state authorities in 1971 and all documents impounded. The facts are that it neither has nor ever had approval and its status is not recognised in California . . . It is a ‘will of the wisp’ organisation which has no premises and does not really exist. It has not and never had any authority whatso-ever to issue diplomas or degrees and the dean is sought by the authorities ‘for questioning’.” The diplomat said that Californian authorities had voluminous files on the college. [Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/].

To be fair, all religions seem to pray on those weak individuals who want to escape the responsibility of thinking for themselves and avoid the concept that they will consciously cease to be upon death. And I say that as a practicing Catholic (so don't sent me your emails religious right). That being said though, I don't understand how stupid or lost one has to be to fall for this - the scamiest scam that ever scammed. For God's sake, people, he was a science fiction writer! I'm sure it had to have been tempting for the man. Sitting there at his book signings, nerd after nerd droning on and on about how his books are so much more than stories and how aliens really do exist. The lightbulb was bound to go off. You want to steal from the stupid? That's fine, you wouldn't be the first. But I take issue with your use of the word "science". Especially given your total rejection of all medical and psychological science. How dare you, sir.