ADAPTIVE POSTULATE

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a pre-Dianetic error that an individual was healthy so long as he was adjusted to his environment. Nothing could be less workable than this "adaptive" postulate. Man succeeds because he adjusts his environment to him, not by adjusting himself to the environment. (SA, p. 112)