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In ] Langan was featured in '']'' magazine, where he discussed his "Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe" (CTMU), a philosophical model of reality<ref>Quain, John R. (], ]). . ''Popular Science''.</ref>. Arguing that theories and inferences, including inductively-derived laws of nature, are bound together in a more general relationship between mind and reality, Langan explores the implications of this idea in various contexts including physics and cosmology, biological origins and evolution, psychology, ethics, and theology in a 56-page paper published in 2002<ref>Langan, Christopher M. (2002). . ''Progress in Complexity, Information, and Design'' '''1.2-1.3'''</ref>. Langan's ideas on physical and biological causality were futher explicated in Chapter 13 of ''Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing'', a collection of essays published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in 2004<ref>Langan, Christopher M. (2004). . In <i>Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing</i>, Wm. Dembski, Ed., Intercollegiate Studies Institute.</ref>. Filmmaker ] directed a short documentary on Langan that was shown at the ]. Langan has written question and answer columns for '']'', The ''Improper Hamptonian'', and '']''. In ] Langan was featured in '']'' magazine, where he discussed his "Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe" (CTMU), a philosophical model of reality<ref>Quain, John R. (], ]). . ''Popular Science''.</ref>. Arguing that theories and inferences, including inductively-derived laws of nature, are bound together in a more general relationship between mind and reality, Langan explores the implications of this idea in various contexts including physics and cosmology, biological origins and evolution, psychology, ethics, and theology in a 56-page paper published in 2002<ref>Langan, Christopher M. (2002). . ''Progress in Complexity, Information, and Design'' '''1.2-1.3'''</ref>. Langan's ideas on physical and biological causality were futher explicated in Chapter 13 of ''Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing'', a collection of essays published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in 2004<ref>Langan, Christopher M. (2004). . In <i>Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing</i>, Wm. Dembski, Ed., Intercollegiate Studies Institute.</ref>. Filmmaker ] directed a short documentary on Langan that was shown at the ]. Langan has written question and answer columns for '']'', The ''Improper Hamptonian'', and '']''.


Langan is a fellow of the ], a "cross-disciplinary professional society that investigates complex systems apart from external programmatic constraints like materialism, naturalism, or reductionism.". He also serves on the board of the , a nonprofit foundation for the ]. Langan is a fellow of the ], a think-tank founded by leaders of the ] that describes itself as a "cross-disciplinary professional society that investigates complex systems apart from external programmatic constraints like materialism, naturalism, or reductionism.". He also serves on the board of the , a nonprofit foundation for the ].


==References== ==References==

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Christopher Michael Langan (born c.1957) is an individual whom numerous media sources report as having an estimated IQ of 195, as reported by 20/20, BBC, Esquire, Extra, Fantástico, "First Person", Inside Edition, Muscle and Fitness, New York Newsday, Popular Science, The Times, and others. According to 20/20, Langan scored "off the charts" when tested by Dr. Robert Novelly. Novelly, a board certified neuropsychologist, commented that Langan was "the highest individual that I have ever measured in 25 years" of testing.

With only a small amount of college, Langan has held a variety of labor-intensive 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 . 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. Arguing that theories and inferences, including inductively-derived laws of nature, are bound together in a more general relationship between mind and reality, Langan explores the implications of this idea in various contexts including physics and cosmology, biological origins and evolution, psychology, ethics, and theology in a 56-page paper published in 2002. Langan's ideas on physical and biological causality were futher explicated in Chapter 13 of Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing, a collection of essays published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in 2004. Filmmaker Errol Morris directed a short documentary on Langan that was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. Langan has written question and answer columns for New York Newsday, The Improper Hamptonian, and Men's Fitness.

Langan is a fellow of the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design, a think-tank founded by leaders of the intelligent design movement that describes itself as a "cross-disciplinary professional society that investigates complex systems apart from external programmatic constraints like materialism, naturalism, or reductionism.". He also serves on the board of the Mega Foundation, a nonprofit foundation for the gifted.

References

  1. McFadden, Cynthia. (December 9, 1999). "The Smart Guy". 20/20
  2. Brabham, Dennis. (August 21, 2001). "The Smart Guy". Newsday.
  3. Morris, Errol. (August 14, 2001). "The Smartest Man in the World". First Person.
  4. O'Connell, J. (May, 2001) Mister Universe. Muscle & Fitness magazine.
  5. Quain, John R. (October 14, 2001). "Wise Guy". Popular Science.
  6. Langan, Christopher M. (2002). The Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe: A New Kind of Reality Theory. Progress in Complexity, Information, and Design 1.2-1.3
  7. 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.

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