Noesis
The Journal of the
Mega Society
August 2004 Issue 172
Officers
Editor and Publisher: Ron Yannone
Administrator: Jeff Ward
Internet Officer: Kevin Langdon
Founder: Ronald
K. Hoeflin
no·e·sis – Greek Þ understanding – to perceive. Psychology
Þ
the cognitive process
The Mega Society was founded in 1982
and has been documented in the GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS
during the 1980s as the most exclusive society.
Mega means million and denotes the one-in-a-million status of its
members. Presently, the only viable
adult-level admissions test is the Titan Test, developed by its founder, Ron
Hoeflin – where 43/48 correct answers corresponds to the minimum accepted IQ
level of 176. See www.megasociety.org Since
its GUINNESS
“distinction” in the 1980’s, the Mega Society with its 99.9999 percentile
member status, remains “the most elite
ultra-high IQ Society.”
Editorial
Introduction to NOESIS Issue #172 –
August 2004
Welcome
to Noesis issue #172, August! There is a wide variety in this issue.
The
Brown Journal of World Affairs (summer/fall-2004) presented four
articles by experienced persons in the area of espionage – in a section titled The Future
of Espionage. We begin this Noesis issue with the up-to-date article
presented by the author of one of these articles, Rand Lewis, Director – Martin Peace Institute –
titled Espionage and the War on Terrorism: Investigating U.S. Efforts. One key issue raised is the
Exciting excerpts from two of the other
three articles in The Brown Journal of
World Affairs section titled The Future of Espionage captures
insights by Arthur S. Hulnick and Oleg
Kalugin. Dr. Arthur S. Hulnick is a veteran of thirty-five years in
the intelligence field, including twenty-eight years in the CIA and Oleg
Kalugin is a retired Major General
of the Soviet KGB. Oleg presents an
after-the-fact strategy that may have prevented the 9/11 event that is very insightful.
No
issue of Noesis would be complete
without some mental stimulation – and this issue is rich in a variety of mind
puzzles – for young and old alike. The
next article Let’s
Get ‘Series’-ous! covers infinite series where the reader has to tally the ‘sum’ or
‘product’ of the infinite series
presented. At the end of
the posed series problems, we present
a table that captures a handful of the upcoming German-American Oktoberfest events.
These are presented in the new August/September 2004 issue of German Life magazine. The city, date, event, phone number, and in
most cases the URL, are provided for each event.
At
the end of the solutions to the infinite
series problems, we interject another set of mental challenges - “Number
Crunchers” by David J. Bodycombe.
David as authored many highly acclaimed puzzle books, and writes over
1000 puzzles a year for columns in periodicals such as the Big Issue, Metro and
In
Stephen Spignesi’s book “What’s Your Red,
White & Blue IQ?” he shares different American holiday facts. In this article, we cover the upcoming “Labor
Day” holiday with the Labor Day Quiz.
The next sections are real “motivators.”
– They present well-known products and their uncanny development which will
amaze readers and motivate and encourage them to consider pioneering new
business areas. The first ‘product’ is Good & Plenty candy, covered in the Good & Plenty Theme Song – Quiz.
Continuing with Joey Green, we present
a second product we are all familiar with, Who was the
Laura Bush – First Lady to
the President of the United States goes “public” with the release of her
famous recipe everyone will want to try - Laura Bush’s Oatmeal-Chocolate Chunk Cookies.
We switch back to Joey Green a third
time – with a terrific motivator
- Cracker Jack Candy History
and Stunning Facts.
Several readers inquired about possible
articles on ways to improve their lives.
With this, we introduce our readers to the article titled A “NEW START” in Life by Weimar Institute’s NEWSTARTÒ Lifestyle Program.
We next go to the puzzle archives of
Mega Society member, Bill Corley – where we present Bill’s Dirty Dozen 2002 set.
We next hop tracks into another puzzle set, “Mensa
Brain Bafflers,” by Philip J.
Carter & Ken A. Russell – two famous Mensa puzzle book authors.
Along the lines of ways to improve our reader’s lives and
their appreciation for the quotes that appear in Noesis, we present “Thoughts
on Being Happy” by History & Heraldry, Ltd of
From the Yale Law School July/August
2004 issue of “Legal Affairs” magazine,
we bring you a lengthy feature titled “Want
Your Kid To Disappear?” by Nadya Labi.
Back to health again, we present some
ideas to extend your life – “Anti-Aging
Foods” by the scientists at the USDA. They have
developed a rating scale that measures the antioxidant content of various plant
foods. The scale is called ORAC, which stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance
Capacity.
Experts
in voting technology from the California Institute of Technology and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology say that four relatively simple and
inexpensive steps can be taken to ensure that voting procedures in this fall's
presidential election are as accurate and reliable as possible. Here we present their article “Caltech and MIT Propose Measures to Ensure Accuracy,
Accessibility in Presidential Election.”
Edward Lewis, winner of the 1995
Nobel Prize for
his groundbreaking studies of how genes regulate the development of specific
regions of the body, died Wednesday,
July 21, 2004 , at Huntington
Hospital in Pasadena
Many
readers know of gifted children and would like to see them engage in high-tech
careers after graduating from college. We
share three top colleges – and some of the credentials of their incoming
freshman – in the article titled “Yale, Caltech,
and MIT”.
Next,
based on a request by the editor for articles on reader’s opinions on the
Martha Stewart case, the editor presents the article “Martha
Stewart – The ‘Ripple Effect’.”
Next
we present a 1-liner (“Aphorism”) and brief biography by Mega Society member Richard May.
A
few more puzzles are shared by the editor – “On the Light Side.”
Dr.
Ronald K. Hoeflin, founder and editor Emeritus of the Mega Society, sent (by Pony Express) information on two of his
hi-IQ societies – “New Websites for TOPS & OATHS.”
The next article is “Good Genes Count, but not only
Factor in High IQ” by Sharon Begley of The Wall Street Journal.
We close this kaleidoscopic
issue with the National Security Agency (NSA) job ad – as the NSA would be a
terrific “Puzzle Palace” for some of our hi-IQ readers!
NOESIS Journal – August 2004 –
Issue #172
CONTENTS
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# |
TITLE
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AUTHOR |
PAGE |
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1 |
Espionage and the War on
Terrorism: Investigating
|
Rand
Lewis |
5 |
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2 |
The
“Human Element” in the Future of Espionage |
Hulnick
& Kalugin |
10 |
|
3 |
Let’s
Get ‘Series’-ous! |
Editor |
13 |
|
4 |
German Life Magazine – August/September 2004 – Oktoberfest Dates |
Editor |
14 |
|
5 |
Let’s
Get ‘Series’-ous! – Tentative Answers |
Editor |
15 |
|
6 |
Number Crunchers |
David J. Bodycombe |
16 |
|
7 |
Labor Day Quiz |
Stephen J. Spignesi |
17 |
|
8 |
Number Crunchers – cont’d |
David J. Bodycombe |
18 |
|
9 |
Good & Plenty Theme Song – Quiz |
Joey
Green |
19 |
|
10 |
Who was the |
Joey
Green |
20 |
|
11 |
Laura Bush’s
Oatmeal-Chocolate Chunk Cookies |
Laura
Bush |
21 |
|
12 |
Labor Day Quiz - Answers |
Stephen J. Spignesi |
22 |
|
13 |
Good & Plenty Theme Song – Quiz Answers |
Joey
Green |
22 |
|
14 |
Cracker Jack Candy
History and Stunning Facts |
Joey
Green |
23 |
|
15 |
A “NEW START” in Life |
Weimar
Institute |
24 |
|
16 |
Dirty
Dozen 2002 Set |
Bill
Corley |
27 |
|
17 |
Mensa
Brain Bafflers |
Carter
& Russell |
30 |
|
18 |
Thoughts on Being Happy |
History
& Heraldry |
31 |
|
19 |
Dirty
Dozen 2002 Set |
Bill
Corley |
36 |
|
20 |
Want Your Kid To Disappear? |
Nadya Labi |
38 |
|
21 |
Anti-Aging Foods |
USDA |
48 |
|
22 |
Caltech and MIT Propose Measures to Ensure Accuracy, Accessibility in Presidential Election |
Perry
& Richards |
49 |
|
23 |
Mensa
Brain Bafflers – cont’d |
Carter
& Russell |
50 |
|
24 |
Caltech Nobel Laureate Ed Lewis Dies |
Jill
Perry |
51 |
|
25 |
Yale, Caltech, and MIT |
Editor |
53 |
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26 |
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