ROCCO CASTORO: So we bought this E-Meter--
it's a Mark VII, I believe.
We got it just because you're not supposed to have these
unless you're a member of a certain organization that's
responsible for their creation, courtesy of Hubbard
Electrometer Manufacturing.
I've always wanted one of these just because they're
kind of goofy.
And they supposedly will tell you certain information about
your spiritual being.
And if you've rid yourself of past spiritual experiences
that were negative, and how whole of a person you are.
The Hubbard Electrometer, more commonly known as the E-Meter,
is a "religious artifact" used to measure the state of
electrical characteristics in the static field
surrounding the body.
E-Meters operate in a similar fashion to lie detectors.
Relying on a type of electrical circuit called a
Wheatstone Bridge, which measures the subject's
galvanic skin response.
In short, the device produces a small electrical current and
measures the subject's electrical
resistance to that current.
Wilbert?
WILBERT: Yeah?
ROCCO CASTORO: Please come over and
get an E-Meter reading.
WILBERT: [INAUDIBLE].
ROCCO CASTORO: Pick them up again, take
them off the table.
OK, if it rises, the dial moves to the left, that means
that you're non-confrontational, your fear
or responsibility or
identification is coming through.
If it moves to the right, that means you've got losses, lies,
present time problems, and a disagreement with reality.
OK, so it moves to the right, which it's doing, I think
Wilbert's got a disagreement with reality.
Considering that Wilbert was spiritually void, I decided
that a wider group of test subjects was needed.
And headed out to Union Square, where I told people
whether or not they were good individuals.
This is a sign we made before we came.
I just want to make sure people know we're not "those"
guys, if that makes sense.
I'm winking.
You can't see it under my sunglasses.
Now, don't tell anyone, but we've commandeered some public
electricity from the park here.
We don't know if we're going to get fined or
arrested for that.
Hopefully we at least get a few meter readings beforehand.
Ladies, would you be liking a free E-Meter reading?
Would you like to have a free E-Meter reading?
Ma'am, would you like a free E-Meter reading?
Come get your E-Meter readings.
E-Meter readings right here.
This is so fucking silly.
Get your E-Meter readings!
Hi.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Hi.
ROCCO CASTORO: Are you interested in E-Meters?
You're just going to grip these as so, very lightly.
Oh, wow.
You got some energy.
If you could transport to a time period, any time period
throughout history, and off the top of your head, what
would it be?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Harlem Renaissance.
MALE SPEAKER: 1930.
ROCCO CASTORO: So dinosaurs, you said?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Dinosaurs, yeah.
ROCCO CASTORO: OK.
MALE SPEAKER: I'd have said 1950.
ROCCO CASTORO: Why 1950?
MALE SPEAKER: Well, I guess I like retro.
I've developed more of a sense for vintage things since I've
seen all these hipsters.
ROCCO CASTORO: Is that right?
From antiquity, basically.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Yeah.
And it just feels familiar.
ROCCO CASTORO: Do you feel like you might have been
around during that time in a past life?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Oh, yeah.
ROCCO CASTORO: Yeah?
Do you have any inclination of what you might have done?
And you're falling right now.
So it looks like if you were, it was a traumatic experience
of some sort.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Yeah, there was, but I don't
want to get into it.
ROCCO CASTORO: It was bad though?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Yeah.
ROCCO CASTORO: Do you think that whatever happened to you
then that was a negative experience has impeded you in
this life in some way?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Has it affected decisions I've made
in this lifetime?
Yes.
The answer is yes.
FEMALE SPEAKER: I thought maybe these rings were messing
it up because you got me nervous.
ROCCO CASTORO: Well, you're not supposed to have rings on.
But this whole thing's complete bullshit anyway, so
it doesn't matter.
Like what's your favorite color?
MALE SPEAKER Red.
ROCCO CASTORO: OK.
It's dropping, so that kind of means you might be lying.
What's your name?
ALZEENA: Alzeena.
ROCCO CASTORO: Alzeena, OK.
And it looks like you're kind of lying about that.
Are you sure that's your name?
ALZEENA: This might be some BS, because that is my name.
ROCCO CASTORO: OK.
So that does show you're a good person.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Glad to hear that.
Not that I needed proof.
ROCCO CASTORO: No, you didn't.
But apparently certain people believe that
this is proof of that.
So I'm not sure what to say about that.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Good for them.
ROCCO CASTORO: Good for them, right?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Yeah.
MALE SPEAKER: So now, am I a good person?
ROCCO CASTORO: You're at 2.56.
So would you consider yourself a good person?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Yes, I do.
ROCCO CASTORO: You do?
FEMALE SPEAKER: Falling.
ROCCO CASTORO: It is falling.
Would you consider yourself a good person?
MALE SPEAKER: Yes.
ROCCO CASTORO: Let's say somebody beats up your mom or
your sister.
You have a chance to send the guy to jail, or you can kick
the shit out of him for an hour and
then send him to jail.
Which would you rather do?
MALE SPEAKER: I'll send him to jail.
ROCCO CASTORO: Oh, look!
He's fucking lying!
MALE SPEAKER: Nice.
ROCCO CASTORO: I think we've got a good fix
on your moral character.
The majority of the subjects I tested seemed to believe my
E-Meter readings wholeheartedly, which makes me
think that true auditors are full of shit.
So, oh wow, you're really just--
FEMALE SPEAKER: What does that mean?
Is that bad?
ROCCO CASTORO: It's kind of bad.
FEMALE SPEAKER: So what does that mean?
ROCCO CASTORO: I don't know.
FEMALE SPEAKER: What do you mean you don't know?
ROCCO CASTORO: I don't know what any of this means.
I'm just making it up, kind of.
How old are you?
FEMALE SPEAKER: 30.
ROCCO CASTORO: 30, OK.
Oh, you're telling the truth.
Oh, maybe not.
Maybe something bad happened to you.
FEMALE SPEAKER: I was probably a heroin addict.
ROCCO CASTORO: It seems like you're pretty at peace with
yourself, and there are no evil engrams eating
away at your soul.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Really?
ROCCO CASTORO: Yeah.
FEMALE SPEAKER: Oh.
So I would have thought the opposite.