A Brief Report on the 6th IQmenical Conference
Kevin Langdon
The 6th IQmenical Conference was held December 1-3, 1989, in Berkeley, California. Sixteen people attended all or part of the conference: Dale Adams, Verlin Allbritton, Adam Byer, John Dowdell, Bob Engan, Robert Forster, Kevin Langdon, Hank Pfeffer, Frank Porto, Nick Rhodes, Bill Rowan, David Seaborg, Richard Weatherwax, Wayne Williksen, Thomas Winans, and Eric Zamost.
We had some unanticipated excitement Friday afternoon when tree work next door brought down a power line and our electricity was knocked out for over 24 hours during the first half of the conference. Some parts of the program were rescheduled due to these circumstances, but we were able to continue without major inconvenience.
As usual, our time was more or less evenly divided between various semi-scheduled program events and social time. We went out to dinner on Friday evening at Liu's Chinese restaurant and sent out for pizza from LaVal's on Sunday afternoon; other meals were served by my wife, Virginia.
Participants expressed a high level of satisfaction with the
conference and an interest in future conferences.
Schedule of Events
Friday
"Body Types," a discussion beginning from Sheldon's somatotypes (endomorphy, mesomorphy, ectomorphy), led by Dale Adams.
"Too Many Aptitudes," a discussion of aptitudes and their measurement and the problems of multiple-aptitude people, led by Hank Pfeffer.
Saturday
Demonstration of Kinesis, a new board game by Adam Byer.
Communication games, including Murder, Ticket to Tacoma, Telephone, Madman in the White House, and Confusion, facilitated by Kevin Langdon.
"The Holland Personality Model," a discussion led by Dale Adams.
"Current Controversies in Evolutionary Theory," a discussion led by David Seaborg.
Discussion of the origin of life and its possible existence elsewhere in the solar system.
Sunday
Demonstration of the Internal Workings of PC-compatible computers by Eric Zamost.
"Astroagronomy," a discussion of the feasibility of food production in space and of space colonies generally, moderated by John Dowdell.
Videotape of Kevin Langdon's appearance on the Morton Downey, Jr. Show in March 1989.
Demonstration of Kevin Langdon's screen pattern generator program, Hallucinations.