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I´m curious to know if anyone of you has ever studied or read this thing called "Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe" Written by Christopher Langan also known as "the smartest man in America" scoring about 190 in some IQ test.

I went on and read some pages and i must say i felt pretty stupid.

>> No.5978014

>>5978012

Link to pdf

http://www.megafoundation.org/CTMU/Articles/Langan_CTMU_092902.pdf

>> No.5978031

Philosophy, not science

But still pretty interesting. Not entirely sure what the fuck this dude is talking about.

Basically his new take on Cartesian Dualism?

Information exists as an abstract entity, separate from the material universe. Something like that

>> No.5978044

>>5978031

How do you know if its science or not? You havent read it all and even if you did, you would probably not comprehend the scientific method he´s using. This man is pretty fucking smart and he could be thinking on a level so above everyone elses, that his work wont even be properly acknowledged until someone as smart as him explains it in simpler terms in some years.

>> No.5978045

reading it now, will likely take a while as it is not something you can skim

inb4 people bashing it on the basis of certain terms without understanding any of it

if you have never given ontological philosophy any thought whatsoever then you lack context and background and have no hope of understanding this fully

given the abstract though, i am fully expecting this to be a neologistic circlejerk that attempts to bury banality so dense prose that few can recognize it

>> No.5978103

>>5978044
>>>/x/

>> No.5978109

>>5978044
>>In conjunction with his ideas, Langan has claimed that "you can prove the existence of God, the soul and an afterlife, using mathematics."

sounds like some pretty advanced science to me

>> No.5978115

>>5978109

Pythagorean as Fuck.

>> No.5978125

>>5978044
Here is him explaining his theory on a simple level...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-HXSHXUtFw

Sure you want to believe this dude?

>> No.5978147

>>5978044
>How do you know if its science or not?

because he himself admits its not science

>the Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe or CTMU, can be regarded as a supertautological reality-theoretic extension of logic

sauce : >>5978014

http://www.megafoundation.org/CTMU/Articles/Langan_CTMU_092902.pdf

>> No.5978153
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5978153

>>5978109
perhaps he should then

>> No.5978154

>>5978012


>smartest man in the America
>didn't know students had to pay of college

pick one

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5978156

>>5978125
Dude

>> No.5978157

>>5978012
>Christopher Langan also known as "the smartest man in America"

says who?

>> No.5978159

>>5978157
says Mr. IQ

>> No.5978163

another egomaniac

>> No.5978167

>>5978159
>Mr. IQ

lolwut

>> No.5978165

>>5978125

i am not watching 15 min of nosense

can someone give me a tl;dw version of what he is blabbing

>> No.5978168

>>5978012
>Christopher Langan also known as "the smartest man in America" scoring about 190 in some IQ test.

>some IQ test

oh boy

i dare him to take a couple tests created by mensa

>> No.5978212

>>5978045

>ontological philosophy

NOPE.jpg.

>> No.5978234

I read the article, thinking it was funny, but then afterwards I saw Chris Langan HIMSELF comment in the comment section of the article! Wow!

http://scientopia.org/blogs/goodmath/2011/02/11/another-crank-comes-to-visit-the-cognitive-theoretic-model-of-the-universe/

It's like he never heard of Ad Hominem lol.

>> No.5978238

I'm more concerned that he decided his theory of everything wasn't substantial enough to be typeset in LaTeX

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5978721

>>5978234
>Chris Langan can't into topos

>> No.5978736

>>5978168
>mensa
Good luck getting into a mensa building, with all of the protestors picketing the steps, with their "We are the 98%!" signs.

>> No.5978737

>>5978165
Baisically. Hitler did nothing wrong

Humans are parasites. Democracy is a problem.

>> No.5978744

>>5978165

he's a commie faggot