Archive Dump: Part of retiring and moving this company toward retirement is cleaning out old file cabinets and finding a suitable terminal action.  Although I plan to publish many papers associated with my continuing research (even in retirement), there are many that are not complete and just sitting in the archives gathering dust.

old test-1.jpg (81650 bytes)<< click to enlarge printout turning yellow with age.

This particular archive dump is from an old set of printouts from the early days of Advanced Research Consultants prior to 1966.  I have transcribed most of them here as they were in the language of the past. 

Several of these papers have been written.  Many have been published but most were published internal to clients' organizations.  A few were classified.  Some are now available on this website.

Orishanimi       

The following is a research tool called a Depth of Thought test from the mid 1960's used to screen consultants.  It was found in an old folder printed on yellowing old printer paper with the sprocket holes.  Many of the papers mentioned have actually been written since then and some are presented on this website in detail.

©Copyright 1962 - 2002 Advanced Research Consultants, Inc. 

TEST NUMBER 1

(( DEPTH OF THOUGHT ))

PROOF OR DISPROOF OF THE FOLLOWING PAPERS REPRESENTS:

A. WORK RANGING FROM A GOOD TEST PROBLEM TO MASTERS LEVEL GRADUATE WORK. (BASIC DEVELOPMENT TO FOLLOW UP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT)

B. WORK RANGING FROM MASTERS TO DOCTORATE LEVEL GRADUATE WORK. (FOLLOW UP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PURE RESEARCH)

C. WORK RANGING FROM POST DOCTORATE TO AWARD WINNING WORK. (ADVANCED RESEARCH)

D. THE CONCEPT IS ABSURD. (PROOF OR DISPROOF DOES NOT APPLY)

 

SAMPLE:

N. (( PROOF OF THE NECESSITY OF REACHING THE STARS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ))

COMPARES MANKIND LIVING ON EARTH TO A SINGLE INTELLIGENT RACE OF ANIMALS, THAT DISSOLVE IN WATER, LIVING ON A SINGLE VOLCANIC ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF A VAST OCEAN.  THEY HAVE NO BOATS AND THE VOLCANO IS RUMBLING.

CONCLUDES:  THEIR SURVIVAL AND FURTHER EVOLUTION IS NOT ASSURED.

A. (X)   B. (  )   C. (  )  D. (  )

 

THIS TEST IS NOT DESIGNED TO DETERMINE YOUR ABILITY TO FUNCTION IN ANY FIELD.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS TEST IS TO ASCERTAIN THE BREADTH OR DEPTH OF YOUR THOUGHT AND YOUR ABILITY TO COPE WITH NEW CONCEPTS, TO EXTRAPOLATE FROM UNFAMILIAR LOGICAL POSITIONS AND TO CONTRIBUTE CREATIVELY AT ANY LEVEL OF ABSTRACTION.  THE TESTING CONSULTANT WILL EXPLAIN THE THOUGHT TRACKING PROBLEM TO YOU SUCH THAT YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT NO POINT (CONCEPT) HAS ANY MEANING OR SIGNIFICANCE APART FROM THE WHOLE DUE TO TRANSLATION INACCURACIES (TRANSLATION FROM PURE THOUGHT TO LANGUAGE).  HOWEVER THE RELATIONSHIP OF THESE POINTS TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE WHOLE BODY OF THOUGHT PRESENTED HERE REPRESENTS A FRAMEWORK FOR THINKING ABOUT THE MULTIFACETED THOUGHT THAT THIS UNIVERSE IS.  IT IS THE THOUGHT ENCLOSED BY THESE POINTS THAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO PERCEIVE AND CREATIVELY EXTEND (OR CONTRACT).

WARNING: Many of the "Bodies of Thought" contained in the following are predatory. i.e. They will try to take over your mind and have you propagate their existence through the minds of others.  You are entering a zoo of ideas that want to be real.

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