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Exceptionally Intelligent Individuals’ Extraordinary Ideas Index (EIIEII)

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Directions:

The relationship between intelligence and belief is complex. This survey is designed to discover the extent to which members of the high IQ community believe “weird things” (in the sense of Shermer).

First, place an “X” next to each of the listed high IQ societies of which you ever have been a member.

___ International High IQ Society

___ Mensa

___ Mysterium

___ Top One Percent Society

___ Poetic Genius Society

___ International Society for Philosophical Enquiry

___ Triple Nine Society

___ One-in-a-thousand Society

___ Glia Society

___ Prometheus Society

___ Epimetheus Society

___ Mega Society

___ Omega Society

___ Giga Society

Second, rate each of the 100 belief statements on a scale of 1 to 7, according to the following table.

1 = Strongly Disagree

2 = Moderately Disagree

3 = Mildly Disagree

4 = Ambivalent

5 = Mildly Agree

6 = Moderately Agree

7 = Strongly Agree

Third, send your complete set of responses (society memberships plus belief statement ratings) to akisby@uchicago.edu. Feel free to include any explanations or other comments that you wish to share.

___ 1. UFOs have been observed by thousands of credible witnesses.

___ 2. Former President Jimmy Carter actually saw the planet Venus.

___ 3. Extraterrestrial biological entities have abducted human beings.

___ 4. People actually experience hallucinations of supposed extraterrestrial biological entities during episodes of sleep paralysis.

___ 5. Interplanetary vehicles of extraterrestrial biological entities have landed on Earth.

___ 6. Doug Bower and Dave Chorley have stated publicly that crop circles attributed to extraterrestrial biological entities were really made by them using a plank of wood and some rope.

___ 7. A species of primate unknown to mainstream science lives in the forests of the Pacific Northwest.

___ 8. The son of Ray Wallace has stated publicly that footprints attributed to Bigfoot were really made by his father using a pair of carved wooden feet.

___ 9. A thorough search of Loch Ness using hundreds of sonar beams and satellite tracking failed to prove the existence of the Loch Ness monster.

___ 10. A plesiosaur (or similar organism, unknown to mainstream science) really lives in Loch Ness in Scotland.

___ 11. A thorough search of Carl Sagan’s garage failed to prove the existence of a fire-breathing dragon.

___ 12. A sauropod (or similar organism, unknown to mainstream science) really lives in the vicinity of the Congo River in Africa.

___ 13. There is not a Flying Spaghetti Monster in the sky that grants some of the people some of their wishes some of the time.

___ 14. A buoyant betentacled blob (or similar organism, unknown to mainstream science) actually feeds on the psychic energy of human beings as it floats near the ceilings of crowded movie theaters.

___ 15. Human behavior is measurably influenced by the relative positions of celestial bodies.

___ 16. The gravitational force exerted by the planet Mars on an infant at the moment of its birth is theoretically less than the gravitational force exerted on that infant by its mother at the same moment.

___ 17. Deviant human behavior does not increase due to the influence of the full Moon apart from the effects of higher levels of light and other generally accepted factors.

___ 18. The relative position of the planet Mars at the moment of the birth of an individual is significantly correlated with the eventual athletic eminence of that individual.

___ 19. The Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun.

___ 20. The Sun and the planets revolve around the Earth.

___ 21. Solutions with solutes at concentrations of less than one part in 1060 can measurably improve human health.

___ 22. The placebo effect explains why many ineffective treatments seem to be effective.

___ 23. Cold fusion of the sort reported by Fleischmann and Pons is not real.

___ 24. Two nuclei have fused into a single nucleus at temperatures below one hundred degrees Fahrenheit.

___ 25. Human beings have been transported from one location to another location ten miles away in less than one second.

___ 26. That quantum teleportation has been effective over a distance of ten miles does not imply that it is possible to teleport human beings over such distances.

___ 27. That positrons are said to travel backward in time does not imply that human beings can travel into the past.

___ 28. Human beings can travel into the future whether or not time machines already have been invented.

___ 29. So-called remote viewing is not a reliable means by which to discover information about distant places.

___ 30. There are people who can reliably discover information about distant places using psychic abilities.

___ 31. So-called precognition is not an accurate means by which to predict the future.

___ 32. There are people who can accurately predict the future using psychic abilities.

___ 33. There are people who can move physical objects by thinking about them.

___ 34. Sleight-of-hand techniques and other conventional explanations account for all instances of apparent telekinesis.

___ 35. There are people who can know the unexpressed thoughts of others.

___ 36. Verbal and nonverbal communication account for all instances of apparent telepathy.

___ 37. There are visual and auditory hallucinations that result from consuming or neglecting to consume psychotropic substances.

___ 38. There are people who can see the spirits of deceased human beings.

___ 39. There are people who can talk to the dead.

___ 40. Cold reading techniques are used to manipulate grieving widows.

___ 41. Subliminal messaging is not a reliable means by which to influence the behavior of others.

___ 42. There are people who can influence the behavior of others using psychic abilities.

___ 43. The Universe is a creation of God.

___ 44. The Universe is an accident of the Big Bang.

___ 45. The Universe is thousands of years old.

___ 46. The Universe is between ten and twenty billion years old.

___ 47. Bertrand Russell’s teapot once passed somewhere between Earth and Mars.

___ 48. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob never existed in the historical sense.

___ 49. There is a man in the sky who grants some of the people some of their wishes some of the time.

___ 50. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob does not answer prayer.

___ 51. Jesus Christ lived, died, and rose from the dead.

___ 52. Jesus Christ never existed in the historical sense.

___ 53. True memories require physical brains of some kind for their encoding, storage, and retrieval.

___ 54. There are people who have memories of past lives.

___ 55. There are people who have birth marks on their current physical bodies that correspond to wounds that were inflicted upon their previous physical bodies during their past lives.

___ 56. The consciousness of an individual ends with the death of the physical body of that individual.

___ 57. The Face on the planet Mars is a monument of an ancient Martian civilization.

___ 58. The Face on the planet Mars appears due to optical phenomena.

___ 59. High technology did not exist before the modern era.

___ 60. Nuclear reactors have been discovered on Earth that pre-date modern civilization.

___ 61. According to the International Astronomical Union’s definition of the term planet, there are currently eight planets.

___ 62. According to the International Astronomical Union’s definition of the term planet, there are currently twelve planets.

___ 63. The Anunnaki mentioned in ancient Sumerian texts continue to intervene in the affairs of human beings.

___ 64. The Twelfth Planet in the sense made famous by Zecharia Sitchin never existed in the historical sense.

___ 65. Chemtrails are sprayed at high altitudes from officially unacknowledged tanker aircraft for the purpose of climate modification.

___ 66. Chemtrails are not sprayed at high altitudes from officially unacknowledged tanker aircraft for the purpose of mind control.

___ 67. The Twin Towers fell at rates consistent with accepted principles of physics on September 11th, 2001.

___ 68. The destruction of the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001 was the result of a conspiracy.

___ 69. The destruction of the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001 was perpetrated by members of the militant Islamist organization known as al-Qaeda.

___ 70. The destruction of the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001 was part of a false flag operation perpetrated by agents of the government of the United States.

___ 71. Given the number of star systems that appear to be capable of supporting life, the only logical conclusion is that extraterrestrial biological entities exist.

___ 72. I have had an experience that could be plainly described as an encounter with an extraterrestrial biological entity.

___ 73. I have not had an experience that could be plainly described as an encounter with Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, or some other legendary cryptid.

___ 74. Given the number of new species that have been discovered in recent years, the only logical conclusion is that Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, or some other legendary cryptid exists.

___ 75. Considering how many scientific discoveries have been opposed by mainstream science, it is unreasonable to assume that cold fusion of the sort reported by Fleischmann and Pons is not real.

___ 76. I have direct knowledge that cold fusion of the sort reported by Fleischmann and Pons is real.

___ 77. I have had an experience that could be plainly described as an instance of telepathy, telekinesis, or some other psychic phenomenon.

___ 78. Given how little human consciousness has been studied by mainstream science, the only logical conclusion is that telepathy, telekinesis, or some other psychic phenomenon is real.

___ 79. Considering the number of natural phenomena that appear to be intelligently designed, it is unreasonable to assume that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob does not exist.

___ 80. I have not had an experience that could be plainly described as an encounter with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

___ 81. I do not have direct knowledge that the destruction of the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001 was part of a false flag operation.

___ 82. Considering the number of false flag operations that have been proposed by the CIA, it is unreasonable to assume that the destruction of the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001 was not part of a false flag operation.

___ 83. The idea that extraterrestrial biological entities are interacting with human beings is more frightening than fascinating.

___ 84. The idea that legendary cryptids are sighted by human beings is more fascinating than frightening.

___ 85. The idea that cold fusion of the sort reported by Fleischman and Pons is real is more fascinating than frightening.

___ 86. The idea that there are people who have psychic abilities is more fascinating than frightening.

___ 87. The idea that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob exists is more frightening than fascinating.

___ 88. The idea that there are conspiracies behind events such as the destruction of the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001 is more frightening than fascinating.

___ 89. It is better to have a small amount of information about which one is certain than to have a large amount of information about which one is uncertain.

___ 90. It is better to believe that an idea is true that later turns out to be false than to believe that an idea is false that later turns out to be true.

___ 91. Data should be rejected when they contradict scientific theories.

___ 92. Scientific theories should be modified when they contradict data.

___ 93. Unrepeatable data are admissible in science.

___ 94. Unfalsifiable theories are meaningful in science.

___ 95. A potentially infinite number of explanations may be proposed that are consistent with any given set of data.

___ 96. The simplest explanation is usually the best.

___ 97. The burden of proof is on the claimant.

___ 98. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

___ 99. Man's mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.

___ 100. Keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.