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Have you got an opinion on Christopher Langan and his CTMU?

>> No.11701353

I only have a 160 IQ so I can't speak on this matter

>> No.11701804

>>11701324
Anyone have any pics of his posts?

>> No.11701874

>>11701804
sure
https://mega.nz/#F!XyQBBaZI!RDkSxKI7DVJ23u5MzDmnSA

>> No.11701903

Langan is living proof that an individual's IQ is meaningless by itself. His posts are devoid of any depth and could just as well have been randomly selected from any of the few non-garbage /pol/ threads.

>> No.11701927

>>11701903
damn... langan BTFO...

>> No.11701930

>>11701903
IQ is bullshit but his IQ isn't even verified anyways.

>> No.11702069

>>11701903
Or is it possible that he is able to explain complex ideas in a way the layman can understand or that /pol is filled with IQed people?

>> No.11702075

My opinion is that the CTMU theory is pretty good

>> No.11702103

>>11701903
No retard, your opinion of one individual doesn't invalidate IQ

>> No.11702261
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>>11701324
He was great in kung pow.

>> No.11702372

>>11702069
sssh, don't tell him

>> No.11702384

>>11701324
The guy is average intelligence with a narcissist attitude. Reading his thoughts as serious is peak idiot.

>> No.11702389

>>11702384
woah... langan is finished...

>> No.11702406

>>11701324
The dudes smart and articulate. But I’m not going to believe he’s anywhere near as smart as he claims unless there were better evidence or he releases his full theory and it actually made sense

>> No.11702426

>>11702406
Doesn't his large cranium already tell the entire story fren?

>> No.11702481

>>11701324
I believe that there comes a point in both mathematics and philosophy where work becomes so esoteric, convoluted and sophisiticated that it either becomes functionally unprovable or nonsensical. A line is blurred between emotion, reason and nonsense. Honestly I believe several thinkers have breached this line many times before, Mochisuki and Langan included. The thing is, almost all work donde is this manner is caused by egocentric thinkers believing that they can work on research independtly of anyone else.
The sad thing is, because of the previous fact, almost all work done in this way becomes useless, no matter how brilliant it was; this is almost explicitly because such thinkers developed their work independtly. It is obviously much easier for academics to check pieces of your work in an incremental fashion than to check massive theories for falsiability all at once.

Sadly I also believe that as we reach the limits of human knowledge, and work ecomes more and more convoluted and abstract, these sort of ocurrences will become more and more common, drawing a possible end to hyperspecialization in the sciences.