Chris Langan: The Dumbest “Smartest Man” in the World

[@iwouldreallyprefernotto]

You guys don't live in the Balkans and we can tell. Every taxi driver here would have been the president of the world IF ONLY the establishment didn't sabotage him out of jealousy

[@numericalcode]

😂

[@CosminDuru]

yeah, they all claim they only drive a cab for fun, as a side hustle, while their main activity is big bizness (but they struggle with the establishment, that's why didn't take off or is just in planning stage)

[@sava-smth]

Not only that, but my alcoholic stepdad would be the next Alexander the great if not for his bitch ex wife! Truly, we are loosing our best and brightest to the most sinister forces of nature...

[@Beholderost]

can explain why you keep electing the worst ghouls all the time.

[@ΓιώργοςΔρούκας]

​@@Beholderost Because we don't choose our politicians, Washington does it for us

[@DarkMatter2525]

Never underestimate the power of confidently saying shit.

[@speedfastman]

Amen to that 🙏

[@axelnova123]

Fancy seeing you here, DarkMatter.

[@Starlight_Akira]

@@DarkMatter2525 I see you commenting on a lot of content I watch... This makes me happy, as you're one of my favourite channels for critical thinking or dissinformation dispelling content.

[@sonicwave779]

All he's missing is a british boarding school accent.

[@danielburleson563]

Can't believe I'm seeing you comment somewhere when I'm not on your channel, good to see you here!

[@grimfang4]

If I was the smartest man in the world, I would wear hearing protection at a loud job.

[@ksh2596]

Same. I would go the extra step of buying my own if the company doesn't provide any. This should be obvious for a genius like this guy.

[@voicesofdust4749]

You have to understand that Chris was swept up in the biggest social, political and generational upheaval on his way to the audio accessories store, otherwise known as the "Great Earplug Wars of 1985" that prevented him from obtaining this coveted aurem obturaculum artifact. It not until the mid 90's that he finally found his true calling...working at a sweaty biker bar on the lower east side 🤔

[@Comrade-Corvid]

I will say that I did briefly work in a plant that strictly prohibited hearing protection on the basis that "they wanted you to be able to hear them if they yelled at you across the building". It apparently never occurred to anyone there to consider that this was wrong, and at the time I was far too afraid of not having a job so it wasn't like I was any better for just letting them enforce that rule. But there's a difference between not allowing hearing protection and not providing it, which I suspect is what he was talking about. If that is the case, then yeah, that's his fault.

[@Kingfrozttheartist]

I just had this idea and I make money as a dish washer 😆

[@grimfang4]

@Kingfrozttheartist Good news! You qualify to be the world's smartest bouncer too.

[@johndevlin]

Smart people don’t need to tell you they’re smart. Grifters do.

[@TreeLynnT]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@mr-boo]

Does this also apply to very stable geniuses?

[@soakthisup]

He's being interviewed. That means he answers questions asked if him. Pretty simple.

[@jdarokhajiit9153]

yeah, steven Hawking was a real dipshit grifter...

[@p4ulo739]

@@soakthisupyea it would be pretty simple if he didn’t try to use big words to make himself sound smart every two seconds and actually answer the interview questions directly. not only does he not answer the questions directly and with clarity pretty much everything that comes out of his mouth is utter bullshit bc none of it makes sense. pretty simple

[@Je_QzcY3mN0]

It's like when a fictional character is supposed to be a genius, but he cannot be smarter than the writer, so all the "genuis" part is a blurry mess.

[@billbill6094]

Sister Sage type beat.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

I noticed that with a film (it might have been "Limitless", I'd have to look it up), where the main character, after taking pills to make him super smart, made illogical, if not somewhat daft, mistakes that even someone with my level of intelligence wouldn't have made (and I'm certainly no genius).

[@Je_QzcY3mN0]

@@Mojo-w6p try watching the video we are commenting on - it breaking everything down into small enough pieces to swallow.

[@zip10031]

On the other hand, people of lower intelligence (you guys) might not recognize real intelligence when they see it. Pearls before swine, as the phrase goes (from a book you guys won't approve of but which contains a thousand times more wisdom than any book by carl sagan or whoever else).

[@cordlxze9559]

And writers dont seem to be very smart. Not sure why they got a raise for their poor performance in 90% of modern TV and Movies

[@DTS__]

i went to school with a kid who used to say his IQ was 300 so, you know, there is one person smarter than him...

[@douglasporter9623]

I went to school with a guy who never believed me when I said my IQ was 300.

[@avicarnonbagel279]

He shares an IQ with Dr. Eggman, make sure he stays away from forest animals

[@some-other-time]

I never went to school, because with a 460 IQ, I'd rather shovel gravel.

[@ChristinaFromYoutube]

His Uncle is Neil Armstrong! Show some respect!

[@jultui2079]

@@some-other-time Yeah bro with my IQ of 620 i couldnt even get into middle school because the questions of the teachers made no sense. in elementary school i was also thrown out of class, because I asked a question and wasnt black

[@TheRenofox]

"I'm actually the greatest hockey player in the world. I've just never gotten into sports because I don't care about having a good and wealthy life, and the tryouts asked me to demonstrate basic skating skills first."

[@xyzmediaandentertainment8313]

You're a liar. The greatest hockey player in the world ins Wayne gretzky.

[@fyt54321]

This guy is totally unconvincing, like he's so insecure about his ludicrous claims to world-record brilliance. His entire schtick is complaining about how life is unfair, but somehow he persists and overcomes with his insignificant claimed jobs and no accomplishments of note. Yet he's the highest IQ in the world. Laughable.

[@nagi159]

hey greatest hockey player in the world, does god exist?

[@Simon-hq6rq]

You forgot the part where you fell on your face playing hockey in high school, after which your teacher said that not everyone was a born hockey player.

[@gusgrizzel8397]

Good analogy.

[@rafaelaguilera3110]

"If you're the smartest person in the room, then you're in the wrong room." ~ Richard P. Feynman

[@Ilikemychickenraw]

but that doesn't work if you are literally the smartest person in the world, but he must had been in the wrong room lol

[@ruun-z5w]

Not everything is an intellectual endeavour - but you guys in the comments are midwitdorks and know nothing else. His life was probably far far more fascinating and engaging than any professor with ASD who appears to be the idol here

[@Littleprinceleon]

@@Ilikemychickenraw in that case the person is in the wrong world 🤓

[@jamesbyrd3740]

What if you are Einstein though? Maybe there are some rooms he could go to and not be the smartest, but how many?

[@jomoser3765]

​@@jamesbyrd3740 smarts can also be in tasks or skills. Einstein was incredibly smart in the traditional sense but I'm sure there was someone better than him at something in every room. I think the saying is more akin to no one is perfect and no one can be the best at everything

[@mohf5]

Gotta give credit to whoever at the daily wire watched this interview and decided to not show it to anyone. At least one person made a good decision that day.

[@DiogoSilva-qn8qo]

Everyone in that studio was probably trying their hardest not to laugh, even Michael. Just word salad after word salad, you don't need to be that smart to realize the guy is crazy

[@heartmalyrics]

Jordan Peterson pulled the strings

[@sempi8159]

The original video still has 6 million views...

[@charlesleroq932]

He flew too close to the sun with a few antisemitic dogwhistles about "globalist bankers", and I think maybe the transphobic slur he dropped even the Daily Wire won't screen (not because they find it objectionable themselves, of course). It's like he's too unrefined for culture wars in 2024 and needs to work on "hiding his power levels"

[@carlosojeda2322]

Well they didn’t released…. So they can say oh censure, they don’t want to see you, that are daily wire mantras, so they now die to watch it. Reverse mind blowing sheep theory. “The left want health care for everyone”, oh the left said it? I don’t want it, I prefer to die before please the communist.

[@manospondylus]

The fact that they claim to know Darwin‘s IQ even though he died before that was even a thing should already set off alarm bells in any person capable of complex thought

[@smaakjeks]

Also, Darwin's almost spooky intuitive understanding of evolution would not lend credence to the notion that he was a man of low intelligence (regardless of IQ).

[@Counter-Intuitive]

Clearly, Darwin triggered this guy so much that he felt the need to fabricate an IQ for him and call him derogatory names. Goes to show this guy leads with emotion over rationality and honesty

[@Sauvva_]

@@smaakjeks unless you deny evolution, then Darwin is the dumbest man

[@ChewyTwee]

They’ll claim to know everyone’s IQ as a means of demonstrating how innate and predictive it is, despite the fact that there are dozens of ‘IQ’ tests with different scoring methods that have existed for different lengths of time and basically no one is ever talking about a single test nor can you identify which test anyone is ever talking about when they bring it up. It’s a bunch of hokey dokey Power Level shit for faux intellectuals to jerk themselves off with based on a gesture at the idea of an impossibly perfect global intellect survey that God administers or something

[@cremedelamemesupreme1649]

Yeah, and I bet I know what color the grass was in Europe in the year 15,000BC long before anyone drew up the concept of color.

[@acronen]

"So I was working at the bar, and came up with a fully functioning quantum superposition apparatus that would have solved all the world's energy needs... then this chick walks in. Knockers like the gargoyles on Notre Dame, if you know what I'm sayin'. Anyway, I popped a chub and POOF. The fully functioning, perfect blueprint in my head had vanished. Lost to the aether forever." -Chris Langan, probably.

[@LilithsErrand]

😂

[@gastronic]

Thats actually why I go out. Not to meet girls, but to get rid of all the Nobelprize winning ideas that keep pestering me daily.

[@LonkinPork]

man, I hate it when that happens

[@reginaldfoley8803]

"Knockers like the gargoyles on Notre Dame” Amazing imagery.

[@mark6302]

fuckin gargoyles on notre dame hahahah

[@adankseasonads935]

I'm so glad that you called this idiot out. This guy has been pissing me off for years.

[@Koshtits]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@koolguy720He is not well liked in those ” circles” and i do not know what you base that on. As we go up in the IQ-ladder, we see a dimishing return and vice versa. You being factually wrong, lacking self-awarness coupled with you thinking you are misunderstood because you are so much smarter. Is a sign that you are likely on the lower end of the of the ladder. Clarity of communication(explaining complex concepts) is a good indicator of high intelligence, which is something Langan clearly struggles with.

[@p4ulo739]

⁠​⁠@@koolguy720okay? what is your point. “I imagine it to be frustrating to track the things he’s saying if you’re of average intelligence”. do you realise how much of an asshole you sound like?

[@bobdylan1015]

@@koolguy720Pretentious horseshit. He’s been unverified for years, has no notable accomplishments or additions to the world of science and believes 9/11 was orchestrated to stop his theory from becoming popular. He’s a conman, and has been since his very first IQ tests in which he tested multiple times under different names, failing multiple times, and then finally landing a high test score. All of this happened before the test was disqualified and he continues to be unverified to this day, despite his continuous, obvious bs story that he has an official one that he saved on VHS two decades ago.

[@dobr4481]

@@koolguy720 Virtually nothing Langan said here crossed over to me, but the fault lies with his total inability to communicate complex ideas in an understandable way. What use is a high IQ if you are unable to share your 'important' findings with others? The fact that this man blames affirmative action for his academic failure, supports Trump & believes in god tells me more about him than his meandering & incoherent word salad ever could.

[@heckinbasedandinkpilledoct7459]

@@dobr4481even if he could explain his “theory”, it’s impossible to validate anything in it because it’s a non-empirical system by its own admission. Just another form of idealism, but much worse 🤮🤮🤮 at least Kant was intelligent

[@MichaelMastrella]

When you work in a bar with a bunch of drunks it's easy to feel like a genius. Great work, Professor Dave.

[@themachine5647]

I saw this guy on another podcast being interviewed, I am quite versed in science so I was surprised that I never heard of "the smartest man in the world" until then, and sure enough I could tell the moment he opened his mouth that he was full of fecal matter, overflowing even. I noticed also how he gets belligerent when you ask him questions, literally any question, he seems annoyed. I bet this works really well in real life around drunk people, telling them how smart you are and then intimidating them when they question it. I'm very glad Dave is reaming him several new ones here.

[@Scarfgirl]

I suspect even the drunks are humoring him b/c they've figured out something he can't - you don't want to offend the guy who can throw you out or start watering down your beer.

[@heartmalyrics]

He also talks to some of the high IQ and professors through email distributions. He's actually smart

[@anteshell]

I assure you, being one of those bouncer and actually somewhere above average in intelligence, if you feel like a genius while working in there, you got bigger problems than imagined feeling of grandeur. Also, I have to clarify that this is not me flexing. Being above average is nothing to write home about. It's just me mentioning that I'm coincidentally in similar position with the difference of me having my feet firmly on the ground.

[@DAODEA]

😂

[@avidhossanmansur9830]

This man cured my insecurity of having an average IQ.

[@cheese7119]

I feel like iq is just a way to measure how easy it is for a person to find patterns cuz thats what they had me doing at 12. The funny thing is that the entire time my clueless azz was like- bro what's the context here? What am i doing?! And they were like just pick an answer xD and at the end the doctor called me smart and i got candy

[@mysticgrandpa1845]

@@cheese7119 what's your point? iq is a decent way to test someone's intelligence

[@Dickbooster]

real ones dont base their self worth off of useless science born out of eugenics. you dont need a number to define your worth

[@cthonianmessiah]

Yes, you shouldn't assign self-worth based on this. G-factor, the thing that IQ tests are trying to measure, might be "something" but nobody can figure out what that something is.

[@DaveGrean]

​@@mysticgrandpa1845 Lmao. Ironically, asking someone whether they agree with your statement probably *would* be a decent way of testing their intelligence.

[@markbeiser]

"Billionaires hate my guts." Every billionaire: "Who is he?"

[@smears6039]

My exact thoughts 😂 dude is so narcissistic he thinks every actual successful person is just sitting around seething and plotting on how to prevent this rando from “succeeding”… I think he is legitimately mentally unwell

[@charlesleroq932]

@@smears6039 It goes even further than that. This guy has previously written on Facebook that 9/11 was planned as a distraction from his pet "theory"

[@loki2240]

​@@smears6039- He may not believe that but just throws that out as an excuse/way to connect with other Americans who think they would be rich if not for "the man" and ethnic minorities keeping them down (while typically denying undue discrimination against women and ethnic minorities).

[@peteroliver7975]

@@loki2240 Perhaps he thinks that, but none of the people who is talking to buy his bullshit. This guy is even more delusional than Trump.

[@anonymes2884]

Actual billionaires have someone who hates for them.

[@PracticalBibleStudies]

Saying "I am a genius, therefore X" is a logical fallacy. It's called the argument from authority. It cannot be used to prove anything at all.

[@hackandslash873]

Ad verecundiam

[@PracticalBibleStudies]

@@ClockworkGearhead I see your argument here, but credentials require verification to make a credible argument.

[@hackandslash873]

@@ClockworkGearhead Are you saying that authority can only refer to an institutionalised position recognised by general consensus in society rather than being arbitrarily self subscribed?

[@jeftecoutinho]

​@@hackandslash873 Yes? What kind of authority ISN'T formed by a consensus of some sort?

[@izzynobre]

Is the whole interview just this guy claiming to be the smartest man ever while offering all sorts of excuses for being a loser…?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Literally yes

[@Oh-fr2nv]

this is genuinely one of the most bizarre pieces of content i’ve ever watched. how does this even happen? its a professional, full-budget interview with some random middle aged dude that thinks hes the smartest guy in the world. apparently every crackhead in my city could get an interview at the daily wire, theyre also the smartest people in the world

[@Oh-fr2nv]

@@ProfessorDaveExplainsalso hi dave, you are beautiful

[@Maxrepfitgm]

​@Oh-fr2nv He is the smartest man and a genius he said so himself and isn't that how it works?

[@JLo83]

​@@Oh-fr2nv it's because it's an interview designed to bring people in to the Daily Wire's right-wing sphere of influence. It's very telling that even THEY distanced themselves from this interview and that he had to get the rights to post it himself. 😂😂😂

[@mugflub]

"You're kinda putting me on the spot." Right after he was just saying how brilliant he is and how he's above Einstein and Darwin is in "the toilet." So humble.

[@TruggWalggger]

WATER WE DUNE HAIR B??

[@tomlxyz]

I think it's rather the problem that unlike actual geniuses he didn't produce any work a genius would. So he either agrees he's not one or agrees he is one but has nothing to show for to prove it

[@SeanDuane-ts8so]

@@tomlxyzhe produced the CTMU

[@ivoryas1696]

@mugflub Yeah that was _hilar-_ Actually, it was kinda funny but mostly annoying. 😅

[@zaconeil3709]

​@@SeanDuane-ts8so yeah, I produced a huge turd this morning. It does about as good a job of being a unified theory as CTMU

[@DynoGreen313]

the faux humility is what always gets me with these types

[@karkador]

"im not better than anyone else.... but ermm yeah im smarter than albert einstein."

[@synthetic240]

Before the interview: "Don't forget to include my IQ in my introduction."

[@oxydator]

"I am closer to absolute truth than any man has been before me." That's the exact opposite of humble, sounds more like any con man or charlatan to me.

[@halalmon]

"I'm so humble, it amazes me man. I don't think there ever was any human being more humble than me"

[@ritishify]

That's why he's a con(fidence) man.

[@TheHyponeoriteChannel]

It seems that this guy took his IQ test(s) via something called the Mega Test, which measures it out of 48 questions. He took the test twice by using different names (reference 11 on his Wikipedia page), having got a score of 42/48 on his first attempt, which would give him an IQ between about 160 and 170. Honestly the more I refine the conversion, the more it drops. If you’re used to taking IQ tests and are familiar with the types of questions featured, reaching a score of 160 is not a hard task. The only source I have found originally claiming his IQ to be 190 or above is himself.

[@jamesbyrd3740]

Online IQ test? I tried one once. I intentionally put in the worst answer, and it said I had an IQ of 130. The questions were fairly easy for the most part too, so I am fairly sure I got almost all of the questions wrong.

[@realitypoet]

Smartest guy in the world doesn’t know that libraries exist.

[@loufrost824]

Argues with Professors when he could just smash the test...apparently!

[@hasch5756]

The problem with libraries is that they require their users to be able to read

[@badcornflakes6374]

He's definitely the most intelligent

[@xenuburger7924]

Don't be silly. Truth comes from the gut, not from some stupid book. My gut told me that.

[@MrBluesMessiah]

He said he would go to libraries to buy used books. But didn't figure out that they also loaned new books.

[@MrQuaiven]

My brain instantly tunes out of any interview that has background music. They are never designed to inform, they are always designed to emotionally sway.

[@unrecognizedtalent3432]

This is a good point. I've noticed this trend, and it's just simple manipulation

[@Metonymy1979]

That's exactly what happens to me. Like, why are you trying to turn this into a movie. I also hate when charities do that with commercials on death, rape, war or starvation.

[@spyderxx6309]

Fire point.

[@ronald3836]

Same when I read Hegel.

[@michael-4k4000]

I like Gary Peacock

[@muskyoxes]

"I was gatekept out of getting a normal job. Also, high ranking CIA officials told me secrets."

[@ZennExile]

A preReq to successful employment is the ability for you, the employee, to make sure your boss can take credit for your ideas and your accomplishments. Employers do, in fact, routinely discriminate against highly intelligent applicants. And people with security clearances do, routinely, use insider information to impress people in social situations. That's why we have classification, and laws punishing the dissemination of classified information. So don't pat yourself on the back too hard with this one. Sure he's probably lying, but he is clearly smart enough to lie about something that really happens.

[@mrtensed]

@@ZennExile lol you have no idea what you are talking about. The people who say they have 'security clearances' and share 'insider information' to impress people in social situations are the same people as Langan.. frauds.

[@Qaboom]

​@@ZennExileRefusing to meet with a CIA agent unless they pinky swear to be honest is not a thing that actually happens, and thus not a believable lie, and makes the most sense as an improvised way to walk back his previous lie. Dropping insider info to look cool may be a real thing that happens, but it has nothing to do with this situation; he never even talked to the CIA agent in his own story.

[@theLowestPointInMyLife]

@@ZennExile Langan is clearly quite smart, but also clearly not 200 IQ.

[@matthew_tall]

@@ZennExile why would employers not want smart applicants? also the people who review your application usually are not the same as your boss, or if it is is its usually a joint decision between multiple people. If you cant get a job it is definitely not because you are too smart unless you are applying to a minimum wage job with a masters or something and are overqualified

[@GhostnisanArt]

What I'm not understanding is how can these people acknowledge that God is in everyone and be racists and dismissive of others' culture

[@MrEcted]

How can he be the smartest man when my IQ is 420? My source? This comment.

[@kredonystus7768]

I can confirm your IQ. I was the psych who did the test. My proof I am a psych, only psychologists can do IQ tests.

[@maxsalmon4980]

That seems sus to me, but what do I know? My IQ is only 69, dude. *air guitar*

[@EmirKATIRCI]

Best I can do is 3.50

[@Teddy_Miljard_Genius_Work]

I have confirmed my IQ to be 500. I have created a few theories to be seen here in yt. I'm just learning Gibberish to get some respect.

[@SkepticalBrother]

Check and mate

[@infosecrogue8883]

How did they manage to find Mike Lindell’s less-intelligent brother?

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

😂

[@ComradeCatpurrnicus]

They found him in a van, down by the river.

[@PseudoIntellectual2.0]

@@infosecrogue8883 And Mike Pillow is very, very unintelligent.

[@staceyann1180]

@@PseudoIntellectual2.0Mike Pillow!!! Heheheha, I love that! Can I use it too? I promise I will give all credit to the comedic genius of PI-Dos!!

[@rickdimanno4898]

No, that would be ridiculous. They found him in a covered wagon in a field .​@@ComradeCatpurrnicus

[@coraltown1]

I have an IQ of 5,000, but unfortunately am still somewhat prone to exageration.

[@cthulhuhoops7538]

It's very subtle.

[@riseofdarkleela]

I would never exaggerate. Not in a MILLION years! 🎉

[@Kokoi58]

Aoi Todo!

[@Bestday4days]

Underrated comment.

[@George4943]

I have 2 little flaws. The first is I lie sometimes.

[@Comical-Intellect]

I THINK I'VE GOT IT!!!!! He's literally the Steven Segal of big thinkers! 😂

[@martinmckee5333]

I can't do it Dave. I apologize. I can't listen to this guy.

[@2degucitas]

Dave: open the pod bay door and listen HAL (martin): I'm sorry Dave. I can't do that.

[@Oh-fr2nv]

hes actually so stupid he convinced himself hes the smartest guy in the world

[@Paulkjoss]

I lasted 25 minutes… It hurt

[@lamusica1592]

I'm losing brain cells just watching this moron

[@borano2031]

This proves you´re normal. Rgr

[@tommerison2495]

I took an IQ test recently and got a score of a staggering 553. I also figured out an equation that disproves every god ever imagined. Am I a genius? Well, it’s hard to say, but yeah I am.

[@Gabriel-nw6fc]

OmG you're so smart!!11!1!!! How can we give you money?!1!

[@flavadave86]

​@Gabriel-nw6fc you can't, he diesent know any billionaires so its literally impossible for him to earn or receive any money.

[@addybean420]

Omg yes teach me yours ways

[@addybean420]

You’re* ~ shhhh

[@PanchoKhan]

All Hail Tom Merison

[@kokoBuSiLiCa]

I'm genuinely tired of all these narcissistic people who are given a platform just because they can articulate things. Thank you for existing on YT Dave, you are the real one.

[@DarrenMcStravick]

Thank Kurt Jaimungal for Chris Langan retaining any semblance of relevance.

[@VonJay]

articulate?

[@distinctdipole]

@@VonJay He is articulating... articulating nonsense! 🤣

[@Stierenkloot]

But he can't articulate things...

[@ZennExile]

I'm not a narcissist, I'm a problematically empathetic sociopath with a switch in my brain to turn off the storm of incoming stimuli. My MENSA membership says I'm outside of testable range. But 90% of my comments are deleted on this channel. Because Dave is making low IQ moves to control the conversation in his comment section. That's what should tire you.

[@GordonCaledonia]

This dude is like a _Family Guy_ character. _"Hey Lois, it says here on the internet that the world's smartest guy works in a baaar!_ _That's just like my life, I'm smarter than the next guy, no flies on me. Bar-flies on this guy, though, hey hey hey!"_

[@baban7887]

Wait, I spaced out, did the 200 IQ guy say he couldn’t become a cop because of affirmative action?!?

[@chimchu3232]

Yes, yes he did 😂 also if you smash Bertrand Russell and Einstein together, God exists 😂 this is insane

[@baban7887]

@ Geometry + language = theory of everything!

[@pflasterstrips7254]

yeah, he pretends to be way better than everyone else and then is held back by minor hurdles like those 30 bonus points in the test and the mean calculus teacher.

[@ede_blkronin]

::smh::

[@jsmith3798]

Umm, well, yeah.. pretty much. That's about what it amounts to, yeah. 🤷‍♂

[@provocativecheesecake]

My IQ is down there in the toilet with Darwin, so I guess it’s my lack of intelligence that is giving me this severe feeling of second hand embarrassment…

[@GraemeGunn]

Charles Darwin didn't have IQ "down there in the toilet".

[@Spagettigeist]

Doesn't that make Darwin even more awesome for doing all his work on such "low" IQ?

[@LastGoatKnight]

I don't know what mine is, but I'd say somewhere at 110 at max. Yet I still feel that feeling. If a genius thinks that all men are one then it's the same as God made us the same, which existed since there's monotheism

[@Doomer_Optimist]

Y'all please stop acting like IQ is this immutable, all-important number like an intelligence stat in an RPG.

[@InfiniteDeckhand]

@@GraemeGunn OP is satirizing what Chris Lagan said about Darwin, mate.

[@GodNonon]

This guy is literally the Steven Seagal of intellectuals. They both claim to be the absolute best in the world despite having no notable achievements or verified proof of any of their claims. Langan copes by saying he's too smart for the academic establishment, and Seagal copes by saying he's too deadly to compete professionally.

[@zephyr2002]

That's a great analogy. They're both so easy to see through, and kinda. At least I enjoyed a few Segal movies as a kid. What the hell did this guy ever do?

[@AlKhebir11]

At least seagull has an official title from Japan. Yes, he's a bullshido artist, but yea. He knows aikido. This guy... Too cringe 😂😂😂

[@LibtardLunacy]

Except Seagal doesn't have a 190+ IQ

[@jackburton3149]

@@AlKhebir11 Absolutely. I wouldn't normally take the defense of Seagull, but here I just have to, as like the other commenter, I also enjoyed a few Segal movies as a kid, but that guy here, man.............

[@rticle15]

​@@LibtardLunacynobody in that interview does either

[@NYLor00]

I saw an interview with this guy and Michael Knowles and all the comments were praising this guy and the fantastic conversation. I felt like I was in the twilight zone. This supposed genius was a glorified conspiracy theorist

[@Robo311Star]

My head started to melt and disappear into lower dimensions.

[@mikotagayuna8494]

His theory of everything is basically "Perhaps the real universe are the friends we made along the way".

[@innkeeper9861]

I pissed myself laughing reading this.

[@peterpumpkin-s9d]

Unironically as good as explanation as any other.

[@alastor4087]

@@peterpumpkin-s9duh huh. Precisely just as likely an explanation. Sure thing

[@williambrasky3891]

It’s more of a multiverse. One universe is ppl I like. The other is woke universe. It’s crime ridden & run by Democrats. In the first universe, there is no such thing as rape. In the other universe, rape exists. They call it “a crime.”

[@davidstockhoff8801]

Conservatives are always mad when you leave out Gawd. That's all he meant.

[@TheEndofSomething-m3d]

This is what’s called a confidence trick. He’s a temu version of L Ron Hubbard who would do the same thing when asked about the universe

[@ckwind1971]

😂 a temu version 😂

[@BRunoAWAY]

Nice tô learn how to be a cult leader

[@ChewyTwee]

Perfect application of the origin of the term conman as well, a man running a confidence scheme

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Exactly! Lol I would mainly describe him as a master manipulator

[@lamusica1592]

Keith Raniere was another self proclaimed genius. He started a sex cult and is now in jail

[@mommyjeans9483]

As soon as someone brings up IQ, you know you're about to hear some dumb shit.

[@damienthorne861]

People with high IQ don't have to tell people.

[@Whitepower889]

Chris has never brought up his IQ with the exception of being asked about it.

[@elijahizere]

@@Whitepower889 Thanks Whitepower889, appreciate it.

[@kajekage9410]

@@Whitepower889 found one of his racist supporters.

[@epajarjestys9981]

@@Whitepower889 LOL sure. How did he become known for his supposed high IQ? Why would anyone even randomly ask him about it? I have nothing against the guy. But I've listened to several interviews with him and couldn't get anything out of them. I do find his background story that one can read on Wikipedia believable, though, and understandable that he had no compatibility with academia. Good for him. He is successful and living a good life. But I still have no clue what "CTMU" is and don't get the impression there is anything substantial in it.

[@Faint366]

“The real manifold of classical physics is a paradoxical construct. Ok?” “Ok” 😂😂😂

[@LuciusVulpes]

The man is a walking-talking Dunning-Kruger effect.

[@freddan6fly]

I couldn't agree more - even though I think you give him too much credit. He is simply stupid AF.

[@ronald3836]

He must be a descendant of Hegel.

[@stevo7220]

But he scored highest score on WAIS III in US according to a Psychologist which doesn't make it that he is delusional about his competence .

[@choronos]

To me he sounds like someone who was told they were gifted in elementary school and just ran with it. Then he took a heroic dose of shrooms at some point in his life and decided that he now understands the true nature of reality. Really though, he's just saying the same junk you could hear from a circle of hippies passing a bowl around.

[@algah9643]

@@stevo7220 I dont think he ever did the WAIS IV, he only did some bogus test that didnt have any significance

[@baselevelslime]

When I listened to this Chris talk about his CTMU it also made me think about my own theory of the universe which I called call STFU. I think it's quite a remarkable theory which can be used to disprove any and all Science deniers.

[@choppers3474]

Nice

[@DaveGrean]

LMAO

[@Horticarter41]

Ha! Snort 😂

[@moshunit96]

Im familiar with your theory.

[@dashfire3185]

​@@moshunit96 ngl, I think it's a plagerism stealing from IDC and LMAO.

[@karakask5488]

I worked in retail, in a bookstore, for many years and these guys sound exactly like the guys who would come in and talk at us. But we couldn't leave because we were at work, and we also had to be nice. I heard so many theories, business plans, top secret information...

[@calldwnthesky6495]

LOL i appreciate your comment

[@blythan3134]

They somehow all sound and even look the same. Doesn't matter how different they are physically, they just got that certain kind of look about them. The really persistent one constantly tried to invite me for a coffee at his place too. Probably wasted hours "putting the trash outside" while trying to avoid him. I'll go try scrub that memory off my brain now.

[@electronraygun6346]

Those guys don't just go to bookstores. I've met many "geniuses" and "lottery winners" working in retail. 😂

[@ltraina3353]

Too funny, I just commented that I’ve dealt with many guys like him as a bartender. Then saw your comment and laughed bc I can relate to ‘taking out the trash’ as an escape!

[@jnicemint]

A fantasist

[@kraken4348]

Because he's not actually a genius. He's another grifter who honed an ability to make nonsense sound intelligent. He has accomplished nothing, discovered nothing, created nothing.

[@landonpoole8003]

And you have no Mensa membership but an opinion. Please keep talking you amuse me.

[@k.m.sparks1190]

@@landonpoole8003 be honest with me, why do you care about a pointless club membership? its not relevant, its not needed to point out the nonsense, and actual smart people don't care about it either.

[@avapilsen]

​@@k.m.sparks1190You can dislike and disagree with the guy, but IQ is literally scientific and is absolutely reliable. I'm not talking about the silly exams you take online. I'm referring to legitimate IQ tests administered by psychometrics. He has the highest IQ recorded. Does that mean he's a god? No, but it does mean he has cognitive abilities higher than your average person.

[@MatsubaAgeha]

Calling this bozo an "pseudo-intellectual" is an offense to the pseudo-intellectuals of the world. 😩💨

[@JLo83]

Bill Maher is fuming somewhere 😂😂😂

[@sayresrudy2644]

😂😂😂

[@borano2031]

Pseudo-intellectualls UNITE!!! No, not you Mr. Langan, go away! Rgr

[@brianarbenz1329]

He is a pseudo intellectual without the intellectual part.

[@PseudoIntellectual2.0]

@@MatsubaAgeha Thank you!

[@David_Poole]

2 weeks ago I looked for a video of someone debunking Chris. Of course Dave comes through! Thank you for posting this.

[@fmcdomer]

U weren't smart enough to know

[@paperbeatsrock_]

I had nearly the same experience! But rather than looking for a debunk, I just remembered learning about him and thought "Oh right, that guy was probably a hack, huh?" LOL

[@David_Poole]

​@@fmcdomer Langan's followers would agree with you 😂

[@milanorichie]

Dave is the GOAT 🐐

[@shreyvarad]

@@fmcdomer anyone with a basic education knows. dave just went above and beyond.

[@smaakjeks]

*No college/uni professor ever:* Wow, you're grasping this really quickly! Get out of here, I never want to see you again!

[@ChewyTwee]

Right? You can tell exactly how these guys actually behaved in class because they’re an exact type. They walked into class thinking they’re smarter than the teacher (who’s probably an underpaid adjunct with no teaching background because they never got to upper level courses and only took 100 level classes) then asked stupid questions that made no sense, and then proceeded to be argumentative when they get a stupid answer. They like to believe that everything in the world is a debate where you get what you want by ‘stumping’ your ‘opponent’ with unintelligible garbage

[@superskrub4209]

Reality is probably: My job will be slightly easier this year!

[@collin4555]

@@superskrub4209 You know, you just helped me understand some things a little bit better. Thanks for that

[@brandonbennett4970]

@@ChewyTwee i agree with your sentiment but why are you saying adjunct professors have only taken intro level courses? They usually have PhD's just like any other professor. They just don't conduct research

[@queenwhatever5217]

@@brandonbennett4970 I think they’re implying that adjunct professors are more likely to be the ones teaching the intro level courses. And that the kind of students described tend to not get past the intro level courses, making them unlikely to encounter professors who do research.

[@archonyt4910]

In all seriousness, how many geniuses out there never got the chance to nurture or showcase their brilliance? In today’s world, with endless distractions and systemic dependencies like the demands of work, I’d guess the number runs into the thousands. We need to create opportunities for everyone. Just because someone didn’t achieve anything society deems ‘meaningful’ doesn’t mean they lacked the potential to do so. Life has a way of getting in the way, or perhaps they simply chose not to engage. Let’s be real-look around. Some people have no desire to contribute to a world driven by capitalistic greed, and who can blame them? They might value different priorities, or feel disillusioned by a system that often exploits rather than uplifts. The real challenge lies in redefining what it means to live a meaningful life and ensuring everyone has the space to explore their unique potential.

[@cloudthief8918]

I wonder this as well. How much potential is wasted for all people living in poverty, working in sweatshops, on basic survival? It's the majority of humans after all But this guy being interviewed has enough resources to display the potential he claims, and yet he doesn't, for mysterious smart people reasons 😂😂

[@JiaqiFu-qk1so]

@@cloudthief8918 Yeah, smart does not equal to the willingness of execution, I know a lot of smart people who are really lazy

[@glarynth]

Smart people don't give a crap about their IQ score.

[@Techtalk2030]

Usually they dont but many times they do.

[@ghintz2156]

This. When I was a kid I'd get 99th percentile on IQ tests for Gifted...now I tell my psychology students that IQ tests are very faulty, and intelligence is quite varied and fluid, so take them with a grain of salt. In my youth I considered joining Mensa but realized they sounded really freaking smug.

[@Techtalk2030]

@@ghintz2156If you were surrounded by doofus’s youd be smug as well

[@MrQuaiven]

I've met hundreds of truly successful people in my life. People who were recognized as subject matter experts in their career fields. Not one of them ever bragged about their IQ scores. IQ scores are what unsuccessful people brag about because they have no true accomplishments to point to.

[@ghintz2156]

@@Techtalk2030 I live in America right now....I know what experiencing doofuses daily feels like. This is more about character than intelligence overall, because yes I've met cocky smart assholes, and in my case I've never taken to being pompous. A smart person SHOULD recognize their own areas of ignorance and feel humility. I'm also an artist, musician, and writer, and creatives are forced to face their weaknesses to be able to overcome them. So that kind of just carries over to everything else for me. Also no one wants to listen to an asshole. There's always someone better, and you can always improve...so why be overtly proud of condescending?

[@pichtri]

Professor Dave, please never stop cooking these bangers.

[@christiancarter255]

Amen 😍

[@ExtroDynamiz]

I second that. Debunking complete BSing Grifters is your forte.

[@KeCasgrimola]

I like how the guy who legitimately taught me chemistry is now dunking on charlatans and conmen

[@dylantrashmint8379]

If Darwin’s iq was in the toilet, this guy’s is half way past the septic tank.

[@classydave75]

😅💯

[@vintagejock3951]

this guy immediately lost all respect the moment he insulted darwin like that. Stephen hawking was right about such people making claims about their IQ's. They are all losers

[@snrd3r]

the upper decker of human IQ

[@E.Hunter.Esquire]

Worse than that, he's Chris langan

[@melokuhlebhengu6800]

😂😂😂

[@TheMusicalStylingsofBrentBunn]

For the smartest man in the world he sure is unimpressive.

[@arycogito]

i have a proctored iq of 530,000 and hubbah dubbah lubbah, gooba gaaba pseudo intellectualism nonsense gooba gabbah, im so very smart because im a contrarian schbooba booba

[@mixercap8546]

@@koolguy720”most of his work” what, bartending ? 😂

[@Colladibassa]

And that's impressive!

[@ryandante8812]

This guy looks like he is an NFL coach in the 80's

[@beekneed]

He really does 😆

[@jokevv1]

And he sounds like Dr. Phil (another grifter).

[@jumbothompson]

Mike Ditka.

[@jayknight139]

he looks like axe cop

[@elijahjakobsen7898]

Fitting, because he's talking like he has CTE'd his brain to oblivion.

[@PinkiePi]

I'm so exhausted with our anti-intellectual culture. We're just an embarrassment. People just gobble this crap up, too. Hence, our current political predicament. We REALLY need educators and communicators like you. Thank you for all you do.

[@mike5556]

The internet has given voice and “research” cred to these clowns. This is how we get an HHS nominee who eats roadkill and gave himself Hg poisoning and people think he is a medical savant!

[@alainaaugust1932]

Well, there’s no doubt it is current. However, it’s not just a phenomenon of today. Forty years ago I was chatting with what I thought was a group of open minded people. Just as part of the general conversation I contributed something I knew to be a fact. A gray haired middle aged fellow turned to face me and snapped “Whata you know?! That’s just book learnin’!!” As if learning something from a book was just horrific. Gutenberg 1440. American 1980: book learnin’ no good.

[@vooveks]

For every Dave there’s 10 Chris Langans, unfortunately.

[@GrammeStudio]

langan sounds like a conservative bitter he's rejected by academia so he grew a victimhood complex. something tells me he ridicules edgy college students rebelling against traditional social structures who see themselves as victims of oppression. that would be ironic because he is the conservative version of them

[@jmizzonini]

It’s how it should be. Professors and “professional intellectuals “ are simply useless eaters in society providing no value. This video is a long cope and seethe by one guy who doesn’t contribute to society trying to tear down another guy who doesn’t contribute to society

[@TheBigFatVladimir]

GLAD SOMEONE FINALLY SAID IT! As a physics major who has come by a lot of proofs and new ideas every day, his ideas are lazy at best.

[@Achrononmaster]

True. Very lazy, but worse than lazy. However so is the idea around @29:00 where Prof Dave claims physics describes how things move. A description is not an account of causation. One of the things Bertie Russell got right was that science has absolutely no concept of proper metaphysical causation. All physics has in lightcone structure. Lightcone structure is not an account of metaphysical causation, it is a far simpler notion. That's a good thing too, otherwise physics would be a dog pile mess of crap.

[@moon_wobble7782]

He’s so smart, but couldn’t figure out how to earn money.

[@ronald3836]

He certainly has no idea about physics. It could be interesting to compare his "theory" with the empty metaphysical nonsense that some philiosophers from the past created a name with.

[@dmgroberts5471]

I don't believe his ideas are actually ideas. They're more like the proto-musings that come before an idea.

[@heartmalyrics]

You haven't read any of his work and even smarter than you. Dumb physicist😂

[@michela62f]

Chris represents Donald Trump’s younger brother with his style of dialogue.

[@danielsutter2152]

I can picture the exact way the bartenders roll their eyes every time they’re asked what it’s like to work with the smartest man alive

[@SaintD382]

Or every time he opens his mouth and starts declaiming to the bar patrons.

[@pureflix8086]

Id like to know what his grade school to high-school peers and teachers have to say about him.

[@danielsutter2152]

@ ha! I’m sure he had loads of friends

[@TheWillingCoyote]

A real-life Cliff Claven .

[@PolarisNC001]

"Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?" "...Yes?" "Morons."

[@SaintD382]

59:23

[@charlesfarrant6819]

Hopefully not

[@StfuSiriusly]

🤣

[@samhodge7460]

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect

[@saysirregardlessonpurpose]

Tell me more oh wise one!!!

[@werrrnerrr]

The incessant "Okay?" he utters every few sentences isn't to verify whether the other person can follow his brilliant geniousness, but merely to check if the other person is still numbed by his word salad.

[@TbirdMan]

I was also going to comment on this. This recurring request for validation has been studied in criminals who are being interrogated and other types of sociopaths who are desperately trying to sell a falsehood. When the other person nods his assent or suggests his assent with body language, each component of the larger false narrative is being assembled and approved by the listener, piece by piece. When the completed word salad has been uttered, the listener has already approved the outcome on the installment plan and has no way to offer a rebuttal without looking foolish himself. This is used car salesman technique, not the work of a misunderstood genius.

[@E.Hunter.Esquire]

​​@@TbirdMancame to say something similar.+1

[@sisu413]

So glad y’all also noticed this. I actually watched this very interview a few weeks ago thinking, “smartest man alive, this has to be good.” First thing I noticed is he tries to come across intimidating and in a “I’m smarter than you so don’t challenge me” kind of way and his “okay” after every convoluted statement just makes him come across as a prick 😒

[@TbirdMan]

@sisu4134 Thanks. I knew that there was a term of art for this category of braggart - 'prick' - just couldn't think of it.

[@mikenccc1955]

This is a huge hoot. Poor Chris I almost feel sorry for him after thus dismantling :) Against my own expectation I'm rapidly becoming a Prof Dave fan ... Best wishes from London

[@Denuchi1]

Work at a restaurant for 3 months and you’ll meet 40 of these guys

[@regor2081]

For nightmare fuel. Imagine him being interviewed by jordan peterson.

[@littlefurrow2437]

Stop it!

[@Skibbityboo0580]

I think they would intertwine like those Uzumaki spiral creatures.

[@boblol1465]

oh no.....

[@victorhplus]

I literally shuddered

[@attackhelicopter-up3dh]

Btw, buy my book 12 rules for lobsters.

[@jakerz0]

Michael Knowles refuses to drive a Trans Am because he thinks it’s woke.

[@bertthompson4748]

His power point presentations were always boring because he refused to use transitions.

[@teknoaija1762]

What about being transparent?Those poor folks with trans kids?

[@paulthepainter2366]

@@jakerz0 he helped stop the trans Canadian pipeline though .... For the wrong reasons but still

[@owldrinkmore]

Wait until ol’ Mikey finds out what gear head slang calls a gear box in a car.

[@teknoaija1762]

@@owldrinkmore Transmission sounds bad enough (trans mission) but trannie even worse.

[@BlackOpMercyGaming]

Wait…. I thought Elon was the dumbest smartest man in the world

[@Starlight_Akira]

Nah, he's the dumbest dumbest man...

[@monkeymanchronicles]

Here before the triggered snowflakes come to defend their daddy

[@serjarmen]

Elon is the dumbest people's smart man

[@serjarmen]

Elon is the dumbest people's smart man

[@rafaelbogdan9307]

Elon's incapable of being the "best" at being Elon Musk, too.

[@surferdude4487]

I had an acquaintance that lied like a rug. He said "OK" at the end of every lying statement. Thanks to him, I have one more way to identify lyers. BTW: "I can't be rich because I was cancelled from college" is the largest pile of steaming BS I ever heard. Plenty of people got rich with some good ideas and hard work with nothing more than a grade 6 education. You're supposed to be smart. Why didn't you figure that out?

[@MrBluesMessiah]

He's going to libraries to buy used books because he can't afford new books, but never figured out that libraries LOAN BOOKS? wow.

[@geraldwaters8647]

Yeah thats fine if you have some contacts in the library.

[@Coins.com.]

​@@geraldwaters8647😂 right

[@anonymes2884]

Yet another obvious shill for "big shelving".

[@kathorsees]

You've clearly never been to a library. They're filled to the brim with roaming gangs of snarky atheist professors who only let rich kids loan books. Duh.

[@Richard_Albrecht]

They ran me out of the library when I kept asking for books they've never heard of.

[@weighoftea9528]

I first ran into Langan in the early 2000s. I used to haunt a popular message board promoting Intelligent Design creationism a la William Dembski and Michael Behe. One day Langan showed up on the message board, and all the Intelligent Design people were super happy. Yeh!! We have this super smart hero who's going to crush all the evolutionists with his super intelligent arguments.... But within just a few days, he had managed to wear out his welcome, said that everyone, including his Intelligent Design allies, were too stupid to have a conversation with him, then disappeared from the board. What a class act.

[@spitfire184]

Classic early 2000s Internet forum shenanigans. I miss those days.

[@N.Narwhal]

Hey, Chris Langan here… dont take it personally kid

[@E.Hunter.Esquire]

I believe it. I've interacted with him a handful of times and I have asked critical questions about his CTMU, yet his only responses are ever ad homs and he literally never answers the questions to address the logical fallacies in his model. Not a nice guy, not a smart guy, not even a creative guy because his ctmu was already thought of, it was called Socratic Idealism.

[@snortfx]

@@E.Hunter.Esquire "Not a nice guy, not a smart guy, not even a creative guy", three all too common threads characteristic of these self proclaimed geniuses(lunatics).

[@YDV669]

So... Appeared. Dropped insults and disappeared. Refused to elaborate.

[@dinosaursneverexisted8985]

He gets agitated when asked for clarification because he doesn’t care if you understand him or not, he just wants you to believe he’s super duper smart.

[@willymassey8273]

If you can't explain it to a 6 year old.... This guy is full of shit.

[@garlicpress6121]

Reading the comments on the original video really makes you wonder whether the education system should be completely overhauled

[@OS-yg9fr]

they're mostly christians & hillbillies. society's most vulnerable.

[@lm-rh3qo]

"I still work at a bar" ladies and gentlemen we got him.

[@jandebosschere]

He works at Doxxy's.

[@Brian-sp5yz]

Like A.O.C. once did and no longer does

[@cwcarson]

h bar, he's a quantum physicist

[@cuddlecakes7153]

can i work at Femboy Hooters

[@HallyVee]

?

[@yann6109]

I love how he got from "Guys, we should all get along 🥺" to "THOSE IMMIGRANTS AND DEVIANTS..."

[@dororo101]

“I’m not sure if aliens exist but I’m sure of demons” is a WILD fucking statement. And with such confidence

[@williamsteveling8321]

Which is amusing, as a demon would by definition be alien

[@ahsisjdvdve2022]

​@@williamsteveling8321 How?

[@dororo101]

@@williamsteveling8321 I mean not if he was born in America. I do like to imagine a conservative demon who is seriously anti demon immigrant and gets on this podcast. “I just don’t want my daughter to be dating a demon of wrath. Whats next, a cambion!?”

[@looFA_4]

@@ahsisjdvdve2022 Depends how you define each, but I'd say it's because they both tend to be otherworldly. Aliens being life forms originating from another planet and demons usually come from hell, another plane of existence/realm. They're both seen foreign entities to us, although in some belief systems demons can originate from humans. So, it really depends on how you look at it.

[@williamsteveling8321]

@@ahsisjdvdve2022 they aren't from Earth, and if the lore on demons were accurate to the source material (i.e. not the "Supernatural" TV version), they were never originated from Earthly sources. Hence, by the raw definition: alien

[@igotthis4mymrs]

I got stuck watching his original video, started to question wtf Lagan was on about so read his comment section which was full of praise (but comments are being deleted) after wasting an hour of my life on his original video I found this video. What a relief. That was one bad eco chamber I won’t be forgetting.

[@afanaobeba7876]

He should compete with Terrence Howard for pretend genius of the year😂😂😂😂

[@steventhompson399]

😄😄😄 No way man, Billy carson is smarter than both of them

[@heartmalyrics]

Terence Howard is off the reservation. To physicists actually correspond with Langan

[@heartmalyrics]

​@@steventhompson399Billy is dumber than Langan

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

@@heartmalyrics Yeah? Which 2 physicists? What are their specialties?

[@landonpoole8003]

@@picahudsoniaunflocked5426You assumed Chris just popped up yesterday? Leave

[@user60521123]

The biggest indicator of intelligence from a casual perspective is the ability to learn and explore different interests. Chris Lagan has been saying the same exact thing for decades now. He never offers up anything new or interesting. He’s incredibly stagnant for such an intelligent person.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

I think the best example of this is Roger Penrose. That dude is wicked smart and despite the fact he's ancient now he's still doing cutting edge research. In the last 10 years alone he has worked heavily on a new model of the universe called the Cyclic Conformal Universe Theory and has published papers on Consciousness and how it relates to Quantum Mechanics.

[@swapticsounds]

Thats a valid point. This "debunking" is pretty bad, though. Langan is super arrogant, but making a video just based on a few interviews even though most of his texts are online if you just google "Langan PDF" is very sloppy research for someone who claims to represent science and accuracy. Arrogance is always problematic, be it on the side of atheists/skeptics, idealists, believers or openminded agnostics. Arrogance is correlating with biases and also Prof. Dave needs to remember this when doing his research or looking out for targets.

[@billbill6094]

​​​@@swapticsounds If you make nonsense statements like your theory of everything is we're all the same so be kind to each other, something that shows an ignorance to what the "theory of everything" even means, it's perfectly valid to pull apart his argument from what he says on record. If he can't make even basic sense in conversation about his ideas or makes wild claims with nothing to back it up, it's not arrogant to point that out. You don't have to read all his papers in order to be qualified enough to _know_ what he's saying in the interview is nonsensical. If he went up there and said the Earth is flat instead of "here's my theory of everything", and gave you similar word salad of technical terms that do not form a coherent statement, anyone vaguely familiar with science can casually falsify that while pointing out he had no evidence that supports his conclusion without that being arrogance. I feel like this focus on the supposed arrogance of this video is just a way to not engage with the arguments on it, showing how insane he sounds and how ludicrous his claims are. I mean this guy who's never contributed to the scientific field ever who worked in a bar and couldn't get a white collar job claims he had CIA agents spilling him state secrets, got kicked out of college for just being too good at college, misunderstands affirmative action somehow thinking he couldn't become a cop because they love minorities so much on the force, supports eugenics via forced castration and is such a scholar that he revolutionized AI models on a napkin. He's going around saying he's objectively the smartest man ever while saying academia just silenced him. Why do I need to read a specific paper of his to say the claims he's making on the record in interviews he chooses to go on to spread his ideas, gain him fame and influence are bunk?

[@swapticsounds]

​@@billbill6094 Seen from philosophical perspective, (not expecting a physical or physicalists theory but a metaphysical one) it seems actually likely and it’s correct that this is not the theory itself but an everyday language derivation from the CTMU. The model itself contains math and logic, if it’s correct in itself, empirically plausible/compatible is another question, but that statement us just not the ctmu. I’m not even a fan of Langan, I admit that I don’t understand the ctmu, but this representation of his work based on some interviews he had with people who rather wanted to feed his ego than challenge him, instead of going with what he actually wrote is factually very sloppy research.

[@TFYS223]

​@@swapticsoundsHis work is gobblygook, so there isn't anything legible to even debunk. If experts in the fields you reference can't even understand the terminology that they also use in your work, it's probably the work itself that wasn't done right.

[@noomade]

Geniuses that don't actually understand how IQ tests/scores work is amazing...

[@Skibbityboo0580]

I wouldn't speak, or participate in elementary school. I just froze up. I think it was some kind of trauma I went through, but anyways, my mom took me to Johns Hopkins to take an IQ test. They told my mom that I had an IQ of 135, and it ruined my life. She HATED me for not doing well is school, and I paid dearly for it all the way until I could drop out, get a job, and move the hell out. Super genius move, right? I couldn't understand ANYTHING in school, not academically, not socially, not anything. I DO NOT HAVE a "135" IQ, it's all a bunch of nonsense!!! I have met smart people before, and they're nothing like me. I work a menial tech job on the railroad, and I live a quiet, happy life, and I a proud to just be a normal dude. I hate those tests with a passion.

[@manospondylus]

Usually they are smart enough to know that it‘s enough to fool people even dumber than them

[@NativeTexMexican]

​@@Skibbityboo0580 I'm so glad you found happiness. ✌🏽

[@odinallfarther6038]

I have a high iq therefore I know every thing intuitively 🤦🏽

[@jlb9210]

​@@Skibbityboo0580nobody on the internet has an IQ under 135. In fact, most are above 145 (according to them)

[@Nate-dv5dp]

I think IQ of 115 is pretty generous for this guy Dave.

[@Mortgageman145]

I think the reason why this guy appeals to many is that he has a humble life and struggles yet purports to be the smartest dude alive, it gives people an ego boost to think that they are uber geniuses for accomplishing nothing just like this guy

[@Mr.Goodkat]

Who said he's accomplished nothing? I think not everybody chases the same things and if you have no interest in devoting your life to something people consider "academic" or accumulating wealth that's not an indication you aren't smart at all.

[@Bemenhorst]

Also they just believe he is smart because it is being said about him and therefore don’t question anything he says

[@Mortgageman145]

@@Mr.Goodkat Did you not watch the video? When I first heard about this guy (which was a while ago) I understood that he might not have been interested in academics but I was too lazy to really research him so I just assumed he was a really smart guy that didn't mind being simple. However, after watching the video and knowing what he was really about, it does seem like he actually was interested in academics and thus is just a lying conman. Also saying he accomplished nothing is just a form of figurative language, an exaggeration if you will, no one's accomplished nothing, what I meant is that he has accomplished nothing intellectually apart from maybe reading writing and basic maths. Suggestion: maybe watch the video and make sure you know what this guy.

[@PrismoYoutube]

@@Mr.Goodkat I agree. Saying he accomplished nothing is nonsense because in some kind of way, almost every single human being has accomplished something. If it's academic or personal doesn't matter in the basic context of "accomplishment". However, you confuse personal (beneficial to only yourself) with academic (beneficial to all of humanity) accomplishments. You could be the happiest guy in the world yet lack the basic understanding to earn the "right" of saying what he said in this interview and elsewhere. Or you could be the best academic in the world, having contributed massively to the advancement and/or understanding of humanity and their struggles/problems yet be unhappy with this situation. With every interview, Chris just proves that he is neither happy with himself nor did he provide academic teachings to humanity that gave us knowledge and/or benefitted us in some way. It's not about saying academics is corrupt... or it's hard to get in... or saying you're not being heard. It's about providing something of value in the academic field if you think you could have a coherent conversation/argument with an academic as someone who is not an academic like Chris. Which, by the way, never happened. Chris gives interviews to news network hosts, not even to non-academics who know much, much more than him. This was also never about wealth. Being wealthy or not is not a factor in being happy and/or an academic. Most scientists in the world who gave/give us real advancement were not interested in money at all. And then some people who are just happy have few reasons to change anything or try to find answers that are mainly meant to give other people answers and maybe not even yourself. The answer as to why you can't call Chris "smart" is in this video. Watch it without prejudice... if you can.

[@Mr.Goodkat]

@@Mortgageman145 I have watched numerous interviews with the guy and am currently 28 minutes into this video, I stand by my original comment that it makes no sense to say someone isn't smart for that reason and I think whether or not he's made intellectual accomplishments depends on if what he says is true or not, if his CTMU is the truth as he claims well then I would call that an intellectual accomplishment, a monumental one in fact, if it's not true well I still don't think that means he's stupid.

[@S...O___S...]

"anything that deviates from human survival is the most evil thing in the entire world" *Chomps on cigar*

[@infinite1483]

Chomps on food too

[@GordonCaledonia]

*goes on KZbin and talks out his butthole*

[@Hydra-V]

Constantly saying, "Ok?" after every claim like he's asking if it's believable. Seeking approval and affirmation. What a genius level of insecurity.

[@XenoghostTV]

Your "professor" here is a lobotomized liberal who believes people can be "misaligned with their sex" 🤣 Not exactly the most qualified individual to be judging anyone's intelligence, at all.

[@FritzCopyCat]

He's doing it to be slightly condescending with every statement. It's a manipulation tactic.

[@14Mustacheman88]

This is insane, Reddit-tier reaching

[@JustDoIt12131]

@@14Mustacheman88 Basically as the first 10 minutes of this video, which is as much time as I'm going to waste on constant straw man fallacies. "I'm was never interested in money" -> 1 min after: a mocking text in the video "I cannot make money".

[@Littleprinceleon]

@@JustDoIt12131 if money is such a "straw", why does he even mention not being able to pay for a new shirt? The man seems to be prime example of not being able to make a somewhat decent living despite his IQ: It's certainly something to be mocked in this context! Langan could just repeat that he don't care about money and emphasize the motivation of his attempts to get better paid jobs!

[@pathfinder814]

"Believing in your own hallucinations insanity, Believing in someone else's hallucinations is religion"

[@ariellalima7229]

Here in Brazil we have a similar guy, Hindemburg Melão, who claims an IQ of 233. The story is very similar: says he is boycotted by academia and therefore was not able to major. A lot of BS to justify why his stellar IQ hasn't got him anywhere. Well... at least he is a youtuber, which must be compatible with his real capabilities.

[@mabi2727]

LOL, so there's one of those down here as well, good to know.

[@guillermocuadra1990]

Helping Professor Dave roast this guy while roasting him simultaneously 😂😂😂

[@izzynobre]

Não conhecia esse!

[@GrammeStudio]

funny how langan criticises academia for having rigid way of thinking & dismissing radical thinking, then minutes later insist we have to have the "right" way of thinking to advance ethics. so the objective natural science cannot be too rigid but the non-absolute moral framework must be stringent? HUH!?

[@alexdcpe]

pensei que era um insulto mas afinal o gajo chama-se mesmo Melão ahahah fds Brasil

[@StormsparkPegasus]

Wow it took 5 seconds to tell from this guy's meaningless technobabble that he's a grifter.

[@mirandahotspring4019]

Who's been too dumb to even make a living from it.

[@VonJay]

the tragedy is that people will never be able to tell

[@samuelhall8465]

hes not even a grifter he genuinely believes what he says, hes just delusional and extremely narcisistic

[@julianmcmillan2867]

If we apply binary logic to God, then faith is out of the question. Yes, Chris, God either DOES or DOES NOT exist. That's binary. True or False, 1 or 0. Fucking brilliant mate.

[@PDMolicki]

interestingly kabbala, taoism, and other religions are binary based.. force form, yin yang.. just sayin

[@etch-e-sketch4051]

@@PDMolicki My breakfast is also binary based - it either IS eggs or IS NOT eggs. So profound.

[@muskyoxes]

"Are angels real?" "Yes. That's a logical consequence of Russell."

[@julianmcmillan2867]

@@PDMolicki You're confusing duality with binary. Yin and Yang symbolises balance and duality, for example. Binary is absolute. There is no 0- 0.9999999999-1. It is either 1 or 0, true or false. So reality is binary. Either a thing is or a thing is not. Either a thing is there or a thing is not there. Either a thing exists or it doesn't exist. When you get to quantum mechanics it becomes a little more complicated, but the binary still applies after the collapse of the wave function. The electron is now here and it is not now over there. If you apply Everettian QM then it comes down to which universe you're making the observation in. Anyways, I'm getting ahead of myself here. Binary does not simply mean two juxtapositions on a spectrum. It refers to two absolutes; something is either on or off. It can't be a little on or a little off. It is either or.

[@Professor_Pink]

​@@PDMolickiSounds like woo

[@Obi-Wan-1]

Yes. Idiocracy is happening in real time, right before your eyes!

[@trancandy1]

his supergenius theory of everything is almost word for word something i said when i was high on acid at 15 years old

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

Acid-tripping teenage you was a super-genius!

[@ccricers]

He's a super genius of the Wile E. Coyote type

[@rottingsun]

lmfao same.

[@heartmalyrics]

I bet that acid melted your lower IQ point further down to the brain of a goat. No wonder you think that you developed original ideas😂🤣

[@anferneee777]

😂 lsd is great though…

[@pearcat08]

"Proletariat acids rise up against bourgeoisie bases" made me laugh waaaayyyy too much. I am a deeply silly person. 😂

[@Paraselene_Tao]

The more I listen to Chris Langan, the more I realize he's just Terrence Howard with a white paint job. What an incredible waste of everyone's time.

[@jeremielebrun2244]

it's kinda like matter and anti matter: if you put the two guys in the same room you have a perfect lost of energy.

[@YDV669]

Do I want to know who Terrence Howard is?

[@pro-socialsociopath769]

​@@YDV669 Nope!

[@deepstariaenigmatica2601]

nah not white paint job 😭

[@Paraselene_Tao]

@@YDV669 Just save yourself a lot of time and headaches by learning the name "Terrence Howard" and then ignoring any content about him.

[@koraamis5568]

The anti academia and anti-intellectuals BS pisses me off thou. It is disrespectful to those who work hard for our knowledge.

[@kane2369]

Complaining how 'we're not a meritocracy' while voting for trump is peak, truest thing lil bro said

[@dixztube]

Dude I didn’t but Harris literally didn’t earn her spot. She was picked on her race and sex for vp (I’m black) , she slept her way into power and they literally escalated her to presidential candidate without a democratic process Trump on the other end of the - ran in 3 elections against a whole establishment and won 2. Literally against a whole establishment Both are nightmares and neither deserve defense beyond what is factual. I’ll never see how dems don’t have any self reflection about how they’re so similar to maga

[@spyderxx6309]

@@dixztube I just ask you too look into project 2025.

[@senorpepper3405]

Trump doesn't like meritocracies?

[@danielgrizzlus3950]

@@senorpepper3405 Trump is not qualified for the position of president, by any metric. He was a businessman celebrity, has no experience in military or politics, and is there only by virtue of populism. That is the exact opposite of a meritocracy.

[@spyderxx6309]

@@senorpepper3405 He likes people who are more servient too the elected instead of the country, I don't know.

[@CoolDrifty]

i cannot imagine a single university in existence that would kick out a student for asking too many questions or even acting like he was smarter than the professors. especially at the graduate level, if you think you have a better theory or model or whatever than your professors, prove it to them. einstein changed the world of physics and challenged centuries-old accepted newtonian physics, he wasn't "too smart" for people to understand him

[@athenaapostolakos4379]

Exactly

[@oliverbast3797]

There are places that lend out books for free.

[@Wh40kFinatic]

It's called a Library.

[@nonamemcnotaspy8654]

@@Wh40kFinatic Dóndé está la biblioteca?

[@AtomikNY]

Even if your local free-book-place doesn't have the specific book you want to read, chances are you can still get it by asking them to have the book shipped in from another free-book-place.

[@a.N.....]

I would assume a guy with 200 IQ would have known that.

[@ogLogLogLogL]

My gut tells me he's not allowed within 300 feet of a library.

[@leighalaughlin4056]

My uncle (white man) who grew up in Alabama, took the civil service test and became a fireman in midtown Atlanta Georgia. There were lots of black men applying as well. Somehow he slipped through. He had a 35 year career and retired as a Fire medic at the Atlanta airport fire station

[@The_dandy_zombie]

To quote Criminal Minds: “genius isn't just one good idea or one successful experiment. Genius is work, thousands of hours of work.” And this guy doesn’t even have one good idea.

[@MisterRilent]

The Rock Lee school of genius.

[@rembrandt972ify]

Criminal Minds, the TV show that Mandy (You killed my father, prepare to die) Patinkin thought was too silly for him to finish the first season.

[@The_dandy_zombie]

@@rembrandt972ify a good point is a good point and quoting a good point means I should cite it properly no matter the source material.

[@rembrandt972ify]

@@The_dandy_zombie Christian Friedrich Schönbein probably had a different opinion.

[@The_dandy_zombie]

@@rembrandt972ify okay? I don’t care. Go quote that person in your own comment then.

[@ronniebrown2517]

this guy reminds me of the the guy that proved everything is wrong because 1 x 1 = 2

[@LSmallCatL]

Because multiplication must mean it’s more than the variable. That guy is another idiot.

[@Skibbityboo0580]

I really got into it with a friend over this. He shared the video with me, and asked me what I thought. I told him it was a bunch of fooey, and he said I thought that because I am being racist against Terrance. I physically went to his house with a stone in my hand. I asked him right at his door "Preston, how many things are in my hand?" "One" I handed him the stone "How many times did I hand you this "one" thing?" "One" "How many things are you holding?" "One, but in the video...he showed that...did you watch the video??" I stormed off, and haven't spoke to him since.

[@MrSterlingsilver79]

Because ‘an action times an action must equal a reaction’ duh

[@smilingzuko9613]

@@Skibbityboo0580I guess Neil and every black scientists/ physicists around the world are also racist lmao

[@Professor_Pink]

​@@Skibbityboo0580 You should not have illustrated the math to him. It would have been more productive if you used that stone in a more aggressive fashion.

[@peewee0224]

Wow crazy how the “smartest person in the world” just so happens to believe literally every single right wing talking point to a T

[@skaarphy5797]

Only explanation: They're all geniuses!

[@peewee0224]

@ you make jokes but 1000% that’s what conservatives think is the explanation lol 😂

[@gibbonbasher8171]

Apparently he once claimed that the Bush administration did 9/11, and not only that, that they did it to prevent people from finding out about his CTMU. Like, how do you even begin to explain the narcissism? Lmao

[@Homeostasis.Restored]

More like Ultraconservative Christofascistic White Nationalists. Conservatives are few.

[@VVesIey]

Humans naturally follow the right-hand path as it worships truth and nature. The left-hand path must be educated into you, it must erase your instincts because it is anti-nature, it is life-denying. Like reIigion it is a mind poison implanted to manipulate you into working against your own interests of self-preservation and instead serve the interest of the parasite class of b4nkrs.

[@verneholtslander7523]

The way he says “okay?” after every statement is the hallmark of a person who is deeply unsure anout what they’re saying.

[@hankonfire]

I saw the interview. Mr. Langan never said "I don't know" to anything. I instantly knew he was a phony.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Those are my three favourite words and my favourite state of being. Nothing makes me tingle with joy more than getting to learn something new. While I'm here, have any obscure knowledge to share?

[@ThihaMinThantY8K3]

I immediately started chuckling and muttered to myslef 'he's a christian' when he tried to discredit darwin.

[@GamingHelp]

​@@bipolarminddroppings: I don't know what kind of things float your proverbial boat, but I find tons of interesting things every time I'm perusing around spectroscopy literature. :)

[@Ruby_Eve]

​@bipolarminddroppings Bees can fall asleep in flowers and sometimes they hold their bee friends's feet :)

[@midgetinabasket]

@@bipolarminddroppings Your comment resonated with me. I love you person. :)

[@moon_wobble7782]

Step 1 go on a right wing podcast Step 2 say “cancel culture” Step 3 success Extra points to mention DEI

[@jamesdspaderf2883]

that's right, cancel culture is a conspiracy

[@IncineroarBestPokemon]

Come on, it's not that easy! You gotta throw in some anti LGBTQ rhetoric!

[@bullschitt3666]

It's the biggest civil rights violation of our time

[@mk1st]

And Marxism.

[@hedgehog3180]

You also need to say “woke” at least once every 5 minutes. It's really a lot of work to grift right wingers.

[@bangbangyoureaboolean1324]

I predict he goes on Joe Rogan's podcast within the next 12 months.

[@kingbidenmypres]

And then becomes president.

[@rodalfderraticht2041]

That would actually be great. The daily wire guy just looked astonished of how dumb those answers were. Rogan would not judge and honestly try to understand the guy, and ask some simple questions until the smarty throws a fit and runs off. That would make for a marvellous episode. 😂😂

[@ryandaley3351]

Dude's been around for awhile

[@kagisocalvinramz3826]

Terrence Howard vibes 😂

[@dpgreene]

@@kingbidenmypresno but he will probably have a part of the next Trump administration

[@tobytheoneandonly]

You're right, when Flint Dibble a real archaeologist went on Joe Rogan he wasn't listened too and instead the guy who's done no real research besides taking a few photos while on holiday was worshipped and they bashed Flint in their next podcast a couple months later calling him the liar

[@k.m.sparks1190]

​@@koolguy720if only milo rossi was chosen

[@AlbertaGeek]

@@koolguy720 _"Flint Dibble isn't a real archeologist"_ He is, and he has the degree and academic and field work to prove it. What have you got to show for accomplishments other than a crusty sock?

[@AlbertaGeek]

@@koolguy720 _"We both know since social constructionists invaded the field a degree means nothing"_ No, that's just something you 8-chan twerps tell yourselves in your little circle-jerks. _"I have the same degree"_ No, you don't. You don't have any sort of post-secondary degree, much less one in archaeology, and *that* we both know. There are _tells,_ George Santos Jr., and you ooze them.