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Status: HiQ (2016 - September)

(Text as at 14/10/2016 22:14:53)

(For earlier versions of this Note, see the table at the end)

Rationale for this Project

1. I was very active in Mensa and ISPE in the years prior to taking up formal study of philosophy at Birkbeck in 2000. Thereafter I was too busy, and no longer felt the need to contribute, so I let my memberships lapse.
2. When I retired from HSBC at the end of 2010, given that I was no longer involved in formal academic study, I re-joined both societies to see how things were going.
3. Society Details:-
   • For Mensa – see http://www.mensa.org.uk/mensa/ – I joined, or re-joined, a bundle of societies, but did nothing.
   • For ISPE – see http://www.thethousand.com/ – I did nothing other than pay my dues and exchange friendly emails with a couple of old contacts.
   • For a site₁ giving details of the tests used for entry to ISPE and “higher” societies, see “uncommonly Difficult IQ Tests” (http://tthqi.free.fr/Uncommonly%20Difficult%20IQ%20Tests.php).
   • See http://www.polymath-systems.com/intel/hiqsocs/hiqsocs1.html for a site that gives the admission tests for the various societies (and refers to the defunct site above-mentioned).
4. Between 1997 and 2001 I edited a newsletter (Commensal - Past Issues) in my capacity as secretary of the Philosophical Discussion Group of British Mensa.
5. I also edited "ISPE, Todman (Theo) - Under the Sycamore Tree: Correspondence Folder for the UK Members and Associates of ISPE" for a year.
6. My intention has been to participate in these societies just so far as doing so would support my other projects by way of stimulation and the opportunity for interaction. As such, most of the time recorded against this project could equally be recorded against others. However, I have now let my subscription to both societies lapse again. ISPE seemed no better than when I was involved last time. The Mensa SIGs seem active enough, but I don’t have the time to contribute.