Ronald K. Hoeflin

Ronald K. Hoeflin (born 1944) is a philosopher, creator of the MegaMorris, Scot. "The one-in-a-million I.Q. test". Omni magazine, April 1985, pp 128-132.] [Republic Magazine, November 1985, "Beyond Mensa," by Catherine Seipp] [Test Critiques, Volume VIII, Daniel J. Keyser, Ph.D., Richard C. Sweetland, Ph.D. General Editors; 1991, PRO-ED (ISBN 0-89079-254-2); Test Critique: The Mega Test; reviewed by Roger D. Carlson, Ph.D. (pp. 431-435)] and Titan"Mind Games: the hardest IQ test you'll ever love suffering through", Omni magazine, pp 90 ff, April 1990] intelligence tests, and founder of several high-IQ societies; the Top One Percent Society, the One-in-a-Thousand Society, the Prometheus Society, the Epimetheus Society, the Mega Society, and the Omega Society. [ [http://www.puzz.com/highiqsocieties.html www.puzz.com] ] He has a background in library science, two bachelor's degrees, two master's degrees, and a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research in New York City. [ [http://www.megasociety.net/noesis/176.htm Hoeflin, Ronald. "About the Author." "Noesis", Issue #176 February 2005.] ] In 1988 Hoeflin won the American Philosophical Association's Rockefeller Prize for his article, "Theories of Truth: A Comprehensive Synthesis." [ [http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/opportunities/prizes/rockefeller.html www.apa.udel.edu] ] His article argues for the interrelated nature of seven leading theories of truth. [Proceedings, "News from the National Office". "Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association", Vol. 62, No. 4. (Mar., 1989), pp. 691.] He is current editor for the journal "Termite". [ [http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/power.html www.eskimo.com] ] [ [http://www.puzz.com/highiqsocieties.html www.puzz.com] ]

Biography

Ronald Hoeflin was born in 1944. He grew up in St Louis, Missouri. As a young child he memorized pi to 200 places. [ "The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World" by A. J. Jacobs (Simon & Schuster, 2005)] He received a PhD in Philosophy from the The New School of Social Research. [ "The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World" by A. J. Jacobs (Simon & Schuster, 2005)] He is currently writing a three-volume treatise entitled "The Encyclopedia of Categories: A Theory of Categories and Unifying Paradigm for Philosophy". [cite news
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Intelligence Tests

For over sixty years many authorities (such as Leta Stetter Hollingworth, Children Above 180 IQ) have suggested that people with extremely high IQs are radically different from the rest of usFact|date=August 2007. Identifying such people would be of great importance to researchers investigating the biological basis of intelligence, and to schools and universities seeking to provide the best education to all of their studentsFact|date=August 2007.

Unfortunately, recognized standardized tests do not provide reliable results at this levelFact|date=August 2007. Although the Wechsler tests appear to have a ceiling above 160, their creator, David Wechsler, claimed they were not intended for use at this levelFact|date=August 2007. And the Stanford-Binet had a relatively low ceiling unless given to very young children.Fact|date=August 2007 Hoeflin was, along with Kevin Langdon, one of the first people to develop an IQ test that could measure adult IQs greater than three standard deviations from the norm, or IQ 145 (sd 15)Fact|date=August 2007. Hoeflin's Mega Test was an untimed and unsupervised IQ test consisting of 48 questions, half verbal and half mathematical. It was published in Omni magazine in April 1985 and the results were used to norm the test. Hoeflin renormed the test six times, using equipercentile equating with SAT and other scores, and some extrapolation at the highest level. cite paper
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accessdate= 2006-07-26 ] The highest scorers on the Mega Test had their names printed in the "Guinness Book of World Records" ["Guinness Book of World Records", Bantam Books 1988, page 29] and were also profiled (along with Dr Hoeflin himself) by "Esquire" under the title "The Smartest Man in America". [cite web
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quote= One such scorer, Marilyn vos Savant, was also profiled in Baumgold, Julie (February 6, 1989). "In the Kingdom of the Brain". New York magazine. This article also discusses Dr Hoeflin and the Mega Society.] In 1990, he created the Titan Test, also published in Omni. Believing that people at the highest IQ levels would be able easily to communicate with each other and have much in common, Hoeflin founded several societies for those with the highest scores. [ [http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/history.html A Short (and Bloody) History of the High I.Q. Societies ] ] All are active today. These societies are (along with year founded, percentile, and minimum IQ (sd 16)):

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