Read the Beforeitsnews.com story here. Advertise at Before It's News here.

By UFO Iconoclast
Contributor profile | More stories

Story Views
Now:
Last hour:
Last 24 hours:
Total:

Why am I such a bear about intelligence [IQ] and cultural acumen (for uofology)?

Saturday, June 17, 2017 14:04

% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents.

My Anomalist pal Bill Murphy, who has been kind enough to note some of my postings for the past several months, was a bit rightfully chagrined by my resorting to comments referencing IQ among the Reframing UFO book essayists.

Let me write that I think all of the persons whom Robbie Graham picked for his book are smart people, many with high IQs I imagine.

For seven years plus, right out of college, I was selected to test potential employees for businesses in Detroit, banks mostly: Commonwealth, National, Security Bank & Trust, et cetera. The test were psychological in nature: The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, The Allport –Vernon- Lindzey Study of Values, The Industrial Psychology C.P.F., N.P.F. and 16 P.F. Series, The Bernreuter Personality Inventory, The Lüscher Color Test, and various IQ tests. [My IQ is 149, or was, before I got hooked on UFOs.]

Psychometric Methods being my discipline in college, I (and others) in my corporation, InterAmerica, Inc. continue to provide evaluations of personalities for news media in Indiana and Detroit.

For me, intelligence is paramount in the pursuit of anything, with a preference for intellectual achievement and academic study held very high. A cultural substratum is a must also.

So railing about the nature of ufology and its practitioners is a feature of my blog(s) that offends many but something that is endemic to my personality.

Nonetheless, I apologize to WM and others for being rude about intelligence and intellectualism with the UFO community, but there it is….

In the case of Robbie Graham’s choices for his Reframing book, which I have not read and will probably not read, I am familiar with most of the persons contributing and note that while some are mighty smart in some sense, maybe with high IQs even, they are not the crème de la crème of the intelligentsia one would want to reframe the UFO topic, nor am I surely.

But there are a few people I could name who would fit the bill – persons I regard with admiration for their writings and thinking about UFOs and other more relevant things,

I could put Bill Murphy in that list I think, if I’m reading his Anomalist listings correctly.

And bloggers: paranormalist Eric Wargo and parapsychologist Eric Ouellet. Film maker and politician Paul Kimball. Peranormal journalist Nick Redfern. Plus esteemed philosophical/ poetry teacher Bryan Sentes.

This select group of mine all have academic credentials and intellectual acumen and are objective to the point of infallibility.

They are not connected by cronyism, the selected choice for Robbie Graham’s list of reframers.

My criticsm of Robbie’s book is mainly that: he picked people he knew, not for their expertise but because he likes them and they are his pals. They say nice things about him on Facebook.

Yet, among that group, I see some standouts too: Micah Hanks, Chris Rutkowski, Curt Collins (maybe), and MJ Banias.

But there are more brilliant persons extant, many I don’t know at any real level but surely persons who should have been approached or considered if one really wants to reframe the UFO topic.

That’s the point of my “offensive” screed.

http://ufocon.blogspot.com – The UFO Iconoclast(s)

Source: http://ufocon.blogspot.com/2017/06/why-am-i-such-bear-about-intelligence.html

Before It’s News® is a community of individuals who report on what’s going on around them, from all around the world.

Anyone can join.
Anyone can contribute.
Anyone can become informed about their world.

"United We Stand" Click Here To Create Your Personal Citizen Journalist Account Today, Be Sure To Invite Your Friends.

Please Help Support BeforeitsNews by trying our Natural Health Products below!

Order by Phone at 888-809-8385 or online at https://mitocopper.com M - F 9am to 5pm EST

Order by Phone at 866-388-7003 or online at https://www.herbanomic.com M - F 9am to 5pm EST

Order by Phone at 866-388-7003 or online at https://www.herbanomics.com M - F 9am to 5pm EST

Humic & Fulvic Trace Minerals Complex - Nature's most important supplement! Vivid Dreams again!

HNEX HydroNano EXtracellular Water - Improve immune system health and reduce inflammation.

Ultimate Clinical Potency Curcumin - Natural pain relief, reduce inflammation and so much more.

MitoCopper - Bioavailable Copper destroys pathogens and gives you more energy. (See Blood Video)

Oxy Powder - Natural Colon Cleanser! Cleans out toxic buildup with oxygen!

Nascent Iodine - Promotes detoxification, mental focus and thyroid health.

Smart Meter Cover - Reduces Smart Meter radiation by 96%! (See Video).

Comments

Online:
Visits:	1,603,706,774
Stories:	8,151,025