Quote from: Zwei on Today at 05:58:36 PM

Quote from: pushups44 on Today at 05:46:39 PM

Quote from: Zwei on Today at 05:40:42 PM

great, we got a Peru version of Christopher Langan on the forum now.

Chris Langan is actually an interesting person who does have a verified genius IQ (160+), having scored perfectly on the SAT (according to Wikpedia), winning a game show that awarded him $250,000 in the 2000s, and developing his own philosophy, CTMU, whatever its supposed technical failings or shortcomings.

People crap on Langan for his eccentricity, but he's an interesting person. For those interested in the topic, search for his interview with Michael Knowles on Youtube - it's a nice overview of his life and thought process.

i'm sorry if you belive that bullshit. Christopher Langan has an average IQ at best.
and people don't crap on him for his eccentricity, they crap on him for being a dumb fraud.

watch this breakdown of that interview and let me know if you still think he's a "verified genius" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDmcoYpTTbE

Yes, many experts have poked holes into Chris Langan's CTMU philosophy - generally it is regarded as incoherent or jumbled. However, he is generally recognized as having a genius IQ, as even Malcolm Gladwell acknowledged in one of his best-selling books. I don't dispute the problematic nature of Langan's philosophy. I think, as a public figure, he will open himself up to attacks, but he has achieved more - again winning a game show and getting millions of views over his eccentric personality and philosophy - than the vast majority of his critics. To me, he's the perfect example of a public figure drawing anonymous or pseudonymous legions of people who bash him. He symbolizes the problem with the internet in attracting masses of anonymous people who unleash attacks on public figures. Notwithstanding this attention-seeking OP, I regard this as an internet problem.