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Revision as of 05:31, 31 July 2006 view sourcePhilosophus (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users1,675 edits Revert attacking of source and addition of unsourced information about documentary. "Unsourced" does not make sense, as I have repeatedly said. Please discuss that qualification on talk.← Previous edit Revision as of 05:35, 31 July 2006 view source DrL (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users1,147 edits I can certainly say what the documentary contains - the documentary is the primary source - a review of the documentary would be a secondary sourceNext edit →
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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>. 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 ] 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>. 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>.


An episode of ], ''The Smartest Man in the World'', was made about Langan. According to its description on the website of Morris' production company, Langan "has the highest recorded IQ in history", 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", and wants to see the world ruled by the ultra-high IQ elite, but chiefly by himself.<ref>http://www.errolmorris.com/television/index.html</ref> An episode of First Person, The Smartest Man in the World, was made about Langan. In this episode, Langan discusses growing up gifted, the abuse he suffered as a child, humanity and the declining state of the world. According to a brief description in a mouse rollover on a gif image of Langan that appears on the website at www.errolmorris.com, Langan "has the highest recorded IQ in history", 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", and would like to see the world ruled by the ultra-high IQ elite, but chiefly by himself. Most of this hype, however, does not appear in the actual documentary. Director Errol Morris selected this episode to preview at the International Film Festival in Cannes. <ref>http://www.errolmorris.com/television/index.html</ref>


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 "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 ].

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Christopher Michael Langan (born c.1957) is an individual with an estimated IQ of 195 . 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 . 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. 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 .

An episode of First Person, The Smartest Man in the World, was made about Langan. In this episode, Langan discusses growing up gifted, the abuse he suffered as a child, humanity and the declining state of the world. According to a brief description in a mouse rollover on a gif image of Langan that appears on the website at www.errolmorris.com, Langan "has the highest recorded IQ in history", 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", and would like to see the world ruled by the ultra-high IQ elite, but chiefly by himself. Most of this hype, however, does not appear in the actual documentary. Director Errol Morris selected this episode to preview at the International Film Festival in Cannes.

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.". He also serves on the board of the Mega Foundation, a nonprofit foundation for the gifted.


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  1. Brabham, Dennis. (August 21, 2001). "The Smart Guy". Newsday.
  2. McFadden, Cynthia. (December 9, 1999). "The Smart Guy". 20/20.
  3. O'Connell, J. (May, 2001) Mister Universe. Muscle & Fitness magazine.
  4. Sager, Mike. (November, 1999) "The Smartest Man in America." Esquire.
  5. Morris, Errol. (August 14, 2001). "The Smartest Man in the World". First Person.
  6. O'Connell, J. (May, 2001) Mister Universe. Muscle & Fitness magazine.
  7. Quain, John R. (October 14, 2001). "Wise Guy". Popular Science.
  8. 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.
  9. http://www.errolmorris.com/television/index.html
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