“The first is what we’re going to call the Q list. There’s nothing in mathematics even vaguely approaching this: “Q” MEANS THE TOP LEVEL FROM WHICH WE ARE NOW WORKING – THE TOP LEVEL FROM WHICH WE’RE NOW WORKING; THE HIGHEST ECHELON FROM WHICH ALL OTHER THINGS ARE DERIVED. KNOWLEDGE IS A PYRAMID, AND KNOWLEDGE AS A PYRAMID GETS ITSELF A COMMON DENOMINATOR WHICH EVALUATES ALL OTHER DATA BELOW IT.

“And the Q from which we’re operating now evaluates all the data in the material universe. “Q1. THE COMMON DENOMINATOR OF ALL LIFE IMPULSES IS SELF-DETERMINISM. “ LRH, INTRODUCTION: THE Q LIST AND BEGINNING OF LOGICS,10 November 1952.

The problem with all this is that life and self-determinism do not apply to the physical material universe. The other problem is that not all life is self-determining, plants and animals are run by instinct rather than self determination, which requires a self and self-consciousness.

New Q

The top Q, the actual common denominator of all existence, which evaluates all data, is mathematics.