Naina_06 Posted September 27, 2015 #1 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Hello everybody! I needed help from people who believe in psychic abilities / have experienced them / practice it for source of earning. As a student of masters in psychology, and with interest in parapsychology especially, I am planning to write a research paper on how ESP connects with an individual's IQ. For which I may require to ask certain questions, and details from the people who believe in the same/think they can be of help. P.S _ if u have any relevant material that can be of help regarding this, plz.post the link below. Thankyou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranormalcy Posted September 28, 2015 #2 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I'm not sure how valid they are, and you may already have looked into it, and it's a bit oudated, but J.B. and Louisa Rhine's pioneering research on "scientific" ESP research was the first of its kind with trials and double blind tests and they looked at various things possibly affecting the "function", including IQ and hypnosis and positive or negative mindset, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted September 28, 2015 #3 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Hello everybody! I needed help from people who believe in psychic abilities / have experienced them / practice it for source of earning. As a student of masters in psychology, and with interest in parapsychology especially, I am planning to write a research paper on how ESP connects with an individual's IQ. For which I may require to ask certain questions, and details from the people who believe in the same/think they can be of help. P.S _ if u have any relevant material that can be of help regarding this, plz.post the link below. Thankyou. Hi and welcome, How does this work? much has not been proven, so what conclusions are you hoping / expecting to find? Do you believe in it yourself? Have you or would you be willing to look at the "research" done by James Randi? I ask because as a researcher, ALL sides must be researched to be able to come up with anything worth putting on paper. So basically what I am asking is, are you also researching how ESP may not actually connect with an individual's IQ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naina_06 Posted September 28, 2015 Author #4 Share Posted September 28, 2015 @freetoroam_ hie and thanq for replying. To answer your first question, I personally dont believe in any +ve correlation between an individual's psychic power and his/her IQ. It was in an article I read that said, individual's IQ should not be less than 109 to have psychic power. Which I found intriguing and a moot point, because I have seen and met and know many people who are of average intelligence but do show some extent of psychic power. So I am really unsure. I am not a well versed researcher or something, this one infact, shall be my first research paper.I have started reviewing articles on it only from 2-3 days back, and it was only today that I read of James Randi, and his offer of one million dollars. But not of his research yet. But as it is mentioned here I will definitely read about it. Right now, I am reading articles with an open mind, as I think it might also vary culturally. I am kind of collecting evidences right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naina_06 Posted September 28, 2015 Author #5 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I'm not sure how valid they are, and you may already have looked into it, and it's a bit oudated, but J.B. and Louisa Rhine's pioneering research on "scientific" ESP research was the first of its kind with trials and double blind tests and they looked at various things possibly affecting the "function", including IQ and hypnosis and positive or negative mindset, etc. Yes, I did go through certain articles thst had information on Rhine's research. Thankyou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted September 28, 2015 #6 Share Posted September 28, 2015 @freetoroam_ hie and thanq for replying. To answer your first question, I personally dont believe in any +ve correlation between an individual's psychic power and his/her IQ. It was in an article I read that said, individual's IQ should not be less than 109 to have psychic power. Which I found intriguing and a moot point, because I have seen and met and know many people who are of average intelligence but do show some extent of psychic power. So I am really unsure. I am not a well versed researcher or something, this one infact, shall be my first research paper.I have started reviewing articles on it only from 2-3 days back, and it was only today that I read of James Randi, and his offer of one million dollars. But not of his research yet. But as it is mentioned here I will definitely read about it. Right now, I am reading articles with an open mind, as I think it might also vary culturally. I am kind of collecting evidences right now. Good luck on collecting evidence, I do not know what someones IQ would have to do with psychic powers, but I guess this is what you are researcher.....I suppose you have to have some intelligence to be able to fool people, but there are many out there who can be fooled easily...so anyone will a mind set intent on fooling others only need find them, and trust me, they are not that hard to find. Maybe a research on why some people with an above average IQ are fooled by fake psychics will make things a little clearer as to how these "psychics" work. Its nothing to do with their IQ, its got every thing to do with others emotions. feelings and beliefs. Do you have a link to this article about the 109 IQ to qualify as a psychic....interesting, wonder what IQ level the person who wrote that had? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted October 1, 2015 #7 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Hello everybody! I needed help from people who believe in psychic abilities / have experienced them / practice it for source of earning. As a student of masters in psychology, and with interest in parapsychology especially, I am planning to write a research paper on how ESP connects with an individual's IQ. So this is a genuine paper requested/authorised by your lecturer/s? Hmm.. It was in an article I read that said, individual's IQ should not be less than 109 to have psychic power. Was this article published in a Journal, or found on a credible website? Shouldn't you cite the article..? I have seen and met and know many people who are of average intelligence but do show some extent of psychic power. Woah -really? Can you elaborate on this, in particular what powers do they have and how have you measured the 'extent'..? Have you bounced this statement off your lecturers as a valid belief you should hold before starting on this paper? I am not a well versed researcher or something, this one infact, shall be my first research paper. I'd suggest you show these posts to your lecturer/study guide and ask them if this is the right way to go about it... Me, I think not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikko-kun Posted October 1, 2015 #8 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I have just old information from the taoists, and some modern too from them, western taoists trained in China and Asia. According to their writings, all physical has an energetic counterpart, as well as a mental/spiritual counterpart, and a psychic/karmic counterpart. In those circles "spiritual" sometimes means emotions & logical-kinda mind, sometimes psychic & karmic side, sometimes both, and rarely (by what are said to be the less educated on this area) also the divine "source" side (tao/dao/god/holy). If you go by that, the IQ shouldn't matter so much, but from what I've read there might be more complexity to it, and I got the picture it does matter to a fair extent. From personal experience I wouldn't know, but would say IQ increases the capacity of psychic power. But IQ may not be a good meter for measuring psychic capacity. The teachings of one well-known western-born author contain a method with which you increase your psychic capacities. It usually takes at least a decade according to the book to arrive to the psychic level before clearing out the material, qi (kinda life-energy), emotional and mental levels first. It's called the dissolving method, a taoist method, but I've understood that buddhists have their equivalent to this, and probably other mystic sects of major religions too have theirs, though don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted October 1, 2015 #9 Share Posted October 1, 2015 From my experiences the claims of IQ correlation to the people associated with having 'abilities' is kind of a stretch as both thoroughly applies to the different end of the spectrum on what is commonly associated with the psychic abilities and IQ tests ~ though under the present circumstances I would say proving it with reliable data one first must have access to get documented results of IQ tests of such individuals ~ that may prove to be irrelevant in the end unless of course if it is a psychic who can foretell the results of the IQ tests ~ so in this case how does the results define the correlation ? ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deirdre Alexandra143 Posted January 16, 2016 #10 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Odds of probability.. Would be my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen_jacobs Posted January 21, 2016 #11 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I believe that certain individuals who are autistic can perceive some form of psychic ability. If they cannot communicate in the conventional way, they can hone alternative ways. I'm no expert nor even versed in this subject matter to any degree, but that is a feeling I seem to have regarding this subject which means IQ has nothing to do with it. I also believe that someone who has a higher IQ may not accept these gifts as real. Most folks with higher iqs tend to be more science based than intangible powers. Either way, we all have the ability but most folks have no clue on how to unlock its power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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