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</ref><ref>Sager, Mike. (November, 1999) [http://www.megafoundation.org/CTMU/Press/Esquire1.jpg "The Smartest Man in America."] ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]''.</ref>. With only a small amount of college, Langan has held a variety of labor-intensive odd jobs including construction worker, cowboy, firefighter, farmhand, and perhaps most famously, [[doorman|bar bouncer]]. Accordingly, he has sometimes been stereotyped as the sort of individual who combines an extremely high IQ with little or no official recognition in the academic "real world" of intellectual commerce <ref>Morris, Errol. (August 14, 2001). "The Smartest Man in the World". First Person.</ref><ref>O'Connell, J. (May, 2001) [http://www.megafoundation.org/CTMU/Press/MrUniverse/MUTitle.jpg Mister Universe]. Muscle & Fitness magazine.</ref>. Langan currently owns and operates a horse ranch in northern Missouri. |
</ref><ref>Sager, Mike. (November, 1999) [http://www.megafoundation.org/CTMU/Press/Esquire1.jpg "The Smartest Man in America."] ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]''.</ref>. With only a small amount of college, Langan has held a variety of labor-intensive odd jobs including construction worker, cowboy, firefighter, farmhand, and perhaps most famously, [[doorman|bar bouncer]]. Accordingly, he has sometimes been stereotyped as the sort of individual who combines an extremely high IQ with little or no official recognition in the academic "real world" of intellectual commerce <ref>Morris, Errol. (August 14, 2001). "The Smartest Man in the World". First Person.</ref><ref>O'Connell, J. (May, 2001) [http://www.megafoundation.org/CTMU/Press/MrUniverse/MUTitle.jpg Mister Universe]. Muscle & Fitness magazine.</ref>. Langan currently owns and operates a horse ranch in northern Missouri. |
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In [[2001]] Langan was featured in [[Popular Science (magazine)|Popular Science]] magazine, where he discussed his "Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe" (CTMU), a philosophical model of reality<ref>Quain, John R. ([[October 14]], [[2001]]). [http://megafoundation.org/CTMU/Press/PopularScience/PopSciArt.pdf "Wise Guy"]. ''Popular Science''.</ref>. Langan explores the implications of this idea in various contexts including physics and cosmology, biological origins and evolution, psychology, ethics, and theology. Langan's ideas on physical and biological causality were recently explicated in Chapter 13 of "Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing", a collection of essays published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute <ref>Langan, Christopher M. (2004). Cheating the Millennium: The Mounting Explanatory Debts of Scientific Naturalism. In <i>Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing</i>, Wm. Dembski, Ed., Intercollegiate Studies Institute.</ref>. |
In [[2001]] Langan was featured in [[Popular Science (magazine)|Popular Science]] magazine, where he discussed his "Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe" (CTMU), a philosophical model of reality<ref>Quain, John R. ([[October 14]], [[2001]]). [http://megafoundation.org/CTMU/Press/PopularScience/PopSciArt.pdf "Wise Guy"]. ''Popular Science''.</ref>. Langan explores the implications of this idea in various contexts including physics and cosmology, biological origins and evolution, psychology, ethics, and theology. In the [[Errol Morris|First Person]] episode ''The Smartest Man in the World'', Langan discussed the CTMU along with his views on humanity and the state of the world. The documentary was previewed at the Cannes Film Festival.<ref>Morris, op. cit. </ref> |
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Langan's ideas on physical and biological causality were recently explicated in Chapter 13 of "Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing", a collection of essays published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute <ref>Langan, Christopher M. (2004). Cheating the Millennium: The Mounting Explanatory Debts of Scientific Naturalism. In <i>Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing</i>, Wm. Dembski, Ed., Intercollegiate Studies Institute.</ref>. |
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Langan is a fellow of the [[International Society for Complexity, Information and Design]], a "cross-disciplinary professional society that investigates complex systems apart from external programmatic constraints like materialism, naturalism, or reductionism."[http://www.iscid.org/fellows.php]. He also serves on the board of the |
Langan is a fellow of the [[International Society for Complexity, Information and Design]], a "cross-disciplinary professional society that investigates complex systems apart from external programmatic constraints like materialism, naturalism, or reductionism."[http://www.iscid.org/fellows.php]. He also serves on the board of the Mega Foundation, a nonprofit foundation for the [[gifted]]. |
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According to film-maker [[Errol Morris]], Langan is "filled with rage and the conviction that he alone has discovered the Truth about the universe, that he alone has seen the mind of God". In the [[Errol Morris|First Person]] episode ''The Smartest Man in the World'', Langan expressed his desire to see the world ruled by the ultra-high IQ elite, but chiefly by himself.<ref>Morris, op. cit. </ref> |
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Revision as of 13:32, 30 July 2006
Christopher Michael Langan (born c.1957) is an individual with an estimated IQ of 195 [1][2][3][4]. With only a small amount of college, Langan has held a variety of labor-intensive odd jobs including construction worker, cowboy, firefighter, farmhand, and perhaps most famously, bar bouncer. Accordingly, he has sometimes been stereotyped as the sort of individual who combines an extremely high IQ with little or no official recognition in the academic "real world" of intellectual commerce [5][6]. Langan currently owns and operates a horse ranch in northern Missouri.
In 2001 Langan was featured in Popular Science magazine, where he discussed his "Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe" (CTMU), a philosophical model of reality[7]. Langan explores the implications of this idea in various contexts including physics and cosmology, biological origins and evolution, psychology, ethics, and theology. In the First Person episode The Smartest Man in the World, Langan discussed the CTMU along with his views on humanity and the state of the world. The documentary was previewed at the Cannes Film Festival.[8] Langan's ideas on physical and biological causality were recently explicated in Chapter 13 of "Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing", a collection of essays published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute [9].
Langan is a fellow of the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design, a "cross-disciplinary professional society that investigates complex systems apart from external programmatic constraints like materialism, naturalism, or reductionism."[1]. He also serves on the board of the Mega Foundation, a nonprofit foundation for the gifted.
External links
- Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe
- Popular Science article (Interview) Template:PDFlink
- Popular Science article (Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe) Template:PDFlink
- Paper in Progress in Complexity, Information and Design Template:PDFlink
Notes
- ^ Brabham, Dennis. (August 21, 2001). "The Smart Guy". Newsday.
- ^ McFadden, Cynthia. (December 9, 1999). "The Smart Guy". 20/20.
- ^ O'Connell, J. (May, 2001) Mister Universe. Muscle & Fitness magazine.
- ^ Sager, Mike. (November, 1999) "The Smartest Man in America." Esquire.
- ^ Morris, Errol. (August 14, 2001). "The Smartest Man in the World". First Person.
- ^ O'Connell, J. (May, 2001) Mister Universe. Muscle & Fitness magazine.
- ^ Quain, John R. (October 14, 2001). "Wise Guy". Popular Science.
- ^ Morris, op. cit.
- ^ Langan, Christopher M. (2004). Cheating the Millennium: The Mounting Explanatory Debts of Scientific Naturalism. In Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing, Wm. Dembski, Ed., Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
