Interview with a Tier 2 Scientist, Clashing with Academias

[integral]

 

 

Edited June 8, 2020 by integral

[Nak Khid]

Christoper Langan's support of conspiracy theories, including the 9/11 Truther movement and the white genocide conspiracy theory, and his opposition to interracial relationships, have contributed to his gaining a following among members of the alt-right and others on the far-right. Journalists have described some of Langan's Internet posts as racist, and accused him of veiled antisemitism

Christopher Michael Langan (born March 25, 1952) is an American horse rancher and author, who has scored extremely high on multiple IQ tests.Langan's IQ has been estimated on ABC's 20/20 to be between 195 and 210, and has been described by some journalists as "the smartest man in America" or "in the world"

Langan was offered two full scholarships, one to Reed College in Oregon and the other to the University of Chicago, Langan chose the former, which he later said was "a big mistake," causing a "real case of culture shock" in the unfamiliar urban setting. He lost his scholarship because his mother did not send in the necessary financial information, so Langan returned to Bozeman and worked as a forest service firefighter for 18 months before enrolling at Montana State University – Bozeman.[11] Faced with severe financial and transportation problems, however, and believing that he could teach his professors more than they could teach him, he dropped out.[3] He took a string of labor-intensive jobs for some time, and by his mid-40s had been a construction worker, cowboy, Forest Service Ranger, farmhand, and, for over twenty years, a bouncer on Long Island.[3] He also worked for the technology company Virtual Logistix

In 1999, Langan and others formed a non-profit corporation named the Mega Foundation to "create and implement programs that aid in the development of severely gifted individuals and their ideas". The organization is designated for those with IQs of 164 or above.[1][4][6]

Langan has developed a "theory of the relationship between mind and reality" which he calls the "Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe" (CTMU).Langan says that the CTMU "explains the connection between mind and reality, therefore the presence of cognition and universe in the same phrase".[13] He calls his proposal "a true 'Theory of Everything', a cross between John Archibald Wheeler's 'Participatory Universe' and Stephen Hawking's 'Imaginary Time' theory of cosmology".[3] In conjunction with his ideas, Langan has stated: "You can prove the existence of God, the soul and an afterlife, using mathematics."[1][4]

When remarking on Langan's CTMU, American artificial intelligence researcher Ben Goertzel said, "Langan’s ideas are well worth reading and thinking about." He also says that the theory "doesn’t really justify anything resembling conventional ([i.e.] anthropomorphic) religious 'Gods'".[14] The CTMU was also reviewed by computer scientist Mark Chu-Carroll, who argued that the theory is an "ill-defined variation of naive set theory".

In 2004, Langan moved with his wife Gina (née LoSasso), a clinical neuropsychologist, to northern Missouri, where he owns and operates a horse ranch and undertakes activities for his Mega Foundation.[12]

Although his theory implies the existence of God and the afterlife,[4] Langan does not belong to any religious denomination, explaining that he "can't afford to let logical approach to theology be prejudiced by religious dogma".

 

"Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe" (CTMU).

"When theorizing about an all-inclusive reality, the first and most important principle is containment, which simply tells us what we should and should not be considering. Containment principles, already well known in cosmology, generally take the form of tautologies; e.g., “The physical universe contains all and only that which is physical.” The predicate “physical”, like all predicates, here corresponds to a structured set, “the physical universe” (because the universe has structure and contains objects, it is a structured set). But this usage of tautology is somewhat loose, for it technically amounts to a predicate-logical equivalent of propositional tautology called autology, meaning self-description. Specifically, the predicate physical is being defined on topological containment in the physical universe, which is tacitly defined on and descriptively contained in the predicate physical, so that the self-definition of “physical” is a two-step operation involving both topological and descriptive containment. While this principle, which we might regard as a statement of “physicalism”, is often confused with materialism on the grounds that “physical” equals “material”, the material may in fact be only a part of what makes up the physical. Similarly, the physical may only be a part of what makes up the real. Because the content of reality is a matter of science as opposed to mere semantics, this issue can be resolved only by rational or empirical evidence, not by assumption alone."

Edited June 8, 2020 by Nak Khid

[integral]

@Nak Khid Its easy for people of lower consciousness to miss interpret higher consciousness thinkers. 

[Nak Khid]

6 minutes ago, integral said:

@Nak Khid Its easy for people of lower consciousness to miss interpret higher consciousness thinkers. 

what misinterpretation are you referring to ? 

[Forestluv]

Be careful in pegging logical intellectuals at Tier2. Orange can go to extremely high levels of logical theorizing. 

[integral]

@Nak Khid Was referring to the wiki content you posted talking about racism/conspiracies. Wiki makes it sound like hes a nut case. Its more likely people cant understand his position on the topics, grouping him in with the rest. 

Edited June 11, 2020 by integral