First Person: The Smartest Man in the World (S02E02)

He’s got the highest IQ in recorded history, all the answers to the planet’s problems, and a master plan to create a whole new religion based on logic. So why does Chris Langan work as a bouncer in a bar? Morris delves inside the oversized cranium of one of the smartest men on Earth and taps into a thought-provoking philosophy that may someday change the world.

[@jasonlawson8980]

"the stupid person thinks they are as smart as, or smarter than, the smart person" this is known nowdays as "twitter"

[@berniecruz8405]

Well like the old saying goes, "a wise man knows, he knows nothing at all!"

[@HobbitHomes263]

ALl the INternet has done for humanity is to make it possible for far more people to become grossly misinformed on an infinite number of subjects. Borrowing from Reagan: We now have billions of experts who know so much about things that simply are not true...

[@jasonlawson8980]

@@berniecruz8405 Exactly!

[@jasonlawson8980]

@@HobbitHomes263 Bingo! Reagan nailed it many times...forecasting the current state of humanity

[@zippo5052]

It my be anosognosia. A condition in which a person with a disability is cognitively unaware of having it due to an underlying physical condition.

[@670ramy]

Rogan needs to have this dude on his podcast Edit: Turns out he is a conspiracy theorist with a lot of "edgy" takes to say the least.

[@a1lablab981]

Can we please get him with joe rogan

[@a1lablab981]

30mins of his mind is too short

[@670ramy]

@@a1lablab981 Turns out he has a KZbin channel called CTMU Radio.

[@stillwaitingfor99]

Thought same thing

[@stillwaitingfor99]

@@670ramy thank you gotta check it out

[@tylercmorley]

Given the opportunity, this guy seems he could become the biggest hero or villain in history. 50/50. He has confusing ambitions

[@abbsgarage.9676]

that's something similar to what I thought.

[@josephtorres3229]

Most geniuses are on the spectrum of absolute insanity.

[@fuckaroundfuckaround7203]

THINK OF IT THIS WAY 🤔....ANYONE THAT GOES ON THAT SHOW AND WERE TOLD HE OR SHE IS THAY FOR EXAMPLE RHE SMARTEST PERSON ON EARTH WE AS IN THE SHEEPLE tend to believe so ask your self #FUCKAROUND

[@alwayzchillin0714]

Sometimes the solutions to questions you ask are hard to hear. 🤷‍♂️

[@parker6063]

@@alwayzchillin0714 yea it just seems he’s using extreme logic, because his ideas would be a fix

[@nathandouglas7977]

This guy has all the ingredients of a Super Villain.

[@channelf1249]

Honestly this was the best podcast, the soundtrack scared me a little, kkkkk, Chris Langan is 10

[@MrComadreja666]

Antihero

[@jimmygc]

Thank you for making your great work available Mr. Morris! Keep healthy sir we need you around.

[@justchris123]

The only thing bigger than his IQ is his ego

[@TK-hb3gp]

And his head.

[@ebayguy38]

​@@TK-hb3gp 😂

[@ryanlowe7995]

cope harder

[@StepOnMeJohn]

to say if you didnt wake up with a 200iq and live with it for 20 years after being beat by your own parents over and over if you wouldnt develop a bit of an ego from your own success and intelligence. This is the most out of touch thing I've ever read.

[@successmindsetstudios9151]

Ego and rationale are similar its mostly a personality aspect. Openness can be related to being abundant and dumb.

[@lorcanoconnor6274]

The non-sequitur "My head was too large to be fitted for a cap" cracks me up 🤣

[@TheMattj88]

You need to review the definition of non sequitur.

[@lorcanoconnor6274]

@@TheMattj88 My head is big

[@joshmuz9018]

There have been people with higher iq. William Sidis was around 250 and Mary savont 240. There was a Korean was in the 200s who spoke 3 languages at 6 months old. Like Chris all three of them never made much money or held prestigious positions. This world doesn't care about your intelligence only your allegiance, it's not what you know it's who you know

[@user-sz6kp1tn6c]

Building connections and networking is very important these days.

[@sashafalcon6407]

Please, do your research.

[@joshmuz9018]

@@sashafalcon6407 please, apply critical thinking, develop understanding in the way the matrix of this world system truly operates and have your small mind blown as you do. You can't go back once you take off the blindfold

[@sashafalcon6407]

@@joshmuz9018 funny how you say all that fancy stuff as if you know me. I don't care what you think about me, I just wanted to make you a favour. William James Sidis was a math prodigy, for sure, but he never took an IQ test. That "score" comes frome a misunderstanding of some claims by his sister. The case of Marilyn Vos Savant (yes, Savant, no "Savont") is a little bit different, but I can guarantee that her IQ is nowhere near 240. Then again, do your research.

[@joshmuz9018]

@@sashafalcon6407 please. Do your research before commenting

[@angelalarson8534]

Something about him makes me very uneasy. I don’t doubt his intelligence, but I do question his motivations. He speaks of creating this elite ruling class that consists of highly intelligent individuals. Talks about eugenics, sterilization of children that don’t have the “right genes”. Maybe my perception on these subjects has been clouded by history, but I question how putting yet another elite ruling class in place will somehow have a different outcome simply because these people are extremely intelligent. High intelligence does not necessarily equate to high morals and ethical behavior.

[@Katziezi]

Good morning, you are completely right about high intelligence not being a moral value in and of itself; psychopaths are highly intelligent and can kill without feeling any kind of remorse. However, Chris Langan has a rather harmonious look and does not make the impression of a psychopath at all. He clearly shows his feelings and does not even remotely appear robotic like so many others with high intelligence do. To me his appearance is that of a man with a big brain and a big heart in a big body, someone like him is very rare indeed. The current elite promotes dysgenics because sick and dependant cattle (that's their word for humans) is easier to control and has less of a will of its own and even if it has that will it can not resist what the elite will implement because of their lack of strength and ability. Keep in mind that eugenics means nothing but the promotion of health, while dysgenics means the promotion of sickness. It should be very clear for a more or less rational human which path is the more attractive one.

[@Jonnycuttcorners]

Very well said I think I agree with u.

[@karlhungus5436]

He was supposed to "derive an advanced form of ethics" from his ctmu that the world is still waiting for. So far his ethics only consists of alt-right conspiracy theories; kinda perplexing given the complexity of his philosophical framework.

[@keithklassen5320]

@@Katziezi Do you think that psychopaths look scary? Do you think they have sharp teeth or something? Psychopaths look pretty normal, because they are smart and are capable of producing positive impressions. You can't just trust appearances. It's funny to me that you've invented a word, "dysgenics", to pathologize ordinary human reproduction.

[@doug4036]

logic is not egalitarian

[@mikepepper8395]

Ethics classes would love this interview. It's like delving into a world in which AI made the most logical important decisions. Eden and tyranny all in one

[@davidhatch7603]

Let's see, self professed but unverified genius college dropout who works as a bouncer with a God complex who believes he should be in charge of who gets to procreate. What could go wrong?

[@adabsurdum3314]

Ethics should be humbling. Wisdom is more important than intellectual horsepower imo

[@theTavis01]

LOL! Spot on

[@Nothingmore146]

Even saying he doesn’t think he’s better then anyone, I don’t get that vibe, seems like a hint of narcism. I’m not saying his intelligences isn’t astounding but intelligence and personality are different but can be linked .

[@ConnectFork]

Fascinating guy. But yeah, I think his facial expression suggested he was lying when he said he doesn’t think he’s better than everyone else. For a man of logic, I guess he knows it’s a lie. He is superior, his answer shows me that he chooses to conform for the ease of it.

[@keithklassen5320]

Yeah, he really does seem narcissistic. Dude can only be a bartender bouncer, says that he really enjoys violently enforcing authority on other people...

[@STMSGGG]

I worked with adults with disabilities for over 10 years. I was always fascinated with autism spectrum. SOME of The people we served had extremely high intelligence. Could solve complex trigonometry or geometry problems, spell compound words, recite dates( one could recite every single NBA champion or president vice president and their birthplace!!) But they would have extreme difficulty working a cash register at a 7-Eleven. My question would be would you eliminate these people through Eugenics? they're obviously smarter than I was.

[@wesleyclark2873]

Iam on the spectrum I think mental illness can make u smarter because u are access parts of brain that scientists really can't figure it out when I was 5 I knew all of the cities in the world a therapist thought I went to some of those places being smart can be a double edge sword I remember everything the good and bad and the bad stuff out there is depressing I only have a high-school education so doctors I know they don't like it when I correct something I love philosophy I think the meaning in my life first goes to God Jesus Christian and volunteering to help others

[@ryanlowe7995]

yeah getting rid of tesla and Einstein would be super cool

[@thomaswdees]

LMAO This guys gets a lot wrong. “Overpopulation” is debunked completely. And eugenics really sucks. He’s kind of totalitarian. That said, his take on academia and the need for an intelligence hierarchy is spot on.

[@camo1851]

Thought the same. He is still human. And his intelligence doesn't protect him from trauma. Sounded like he experienced a lot of authoritarianism himself. That's often how supervillains begin. Too smart for their own good so they think everything can be solved with logic. Humans would have to stop to be human for that.

[@bbg7831]

His tough upbringing has had it’s toll on the man. He is extremely pessimistic and hostile toward mankind.

[@jnx6359]

How is he pessimistic towards mankind but he said he believes soon in life everyone will respect and love each other?

[@bbg7831]

@@jnx6359 he understand that the elite are purposely replacing humanities most productive and inventive people White people. If this continues which it looks like it will the elites will have complete control over a rootless, mixed up bunch of people with no identity other than consuming products. Look up the k@lergi plan and tell me it’s not what you see happening

[@trueblueclue]

@@jnx6359 his ideas on eugenics for one

[@DavidJohnsonFromSeattle]

The hole in the ozone layer shrunk. We aren't running out of farm land. We keep pulling more and more people out of poverty. The academics he criticized keep saying we are over populated and are going to run out of food but it hasn't happened in all of the decades they have been predicting it. I am really concerned to hear him repeat such ignorant slogans.

[@bobbyraejohnson]

Ya that kind of confused me

[@solomonstrain2358]

elon musk said if anything they aren't enough people in the world and that's elon

[@solomonstrain2358]

elon didn't seem to be if anyone else said it I would be doubtful but when a man of his calaber says it you have to believe

[@DavidJohnsonFromSeattle]

I happen to agree with Elon but only coincidentally. How about we don't just blindly listen to people because they are rich, brilliant, or so called "experts"; but instead think about these things ourselves using logic? Why? Because 1. These very same people tell you to do that generally. And 2. You can always find an expert who disagrees.

[@ianchandler22]

@@DavidJohnsonFromSeattle Elon's statement about low population concerns is based on economic sustainability not environmental sustainability.

[@teamcharmander1017]

This video is insane hope to see more updates of this man

[@dalelibby7099]

The ability to look beyond money, love, war, petty conflict, to glimpse as a higher being, is rare. I'm working on a system to replace money.

[@user-tv9ki3ij6t]

Bitcoin $$$

[@TMTFLOYDMAYWEATHER]

Bitcoin

[@hypermangi8265]

money shouldn't exist for humans to elevate.

[@sammydabull4001]

Well he went from "The SMARTEST MAN IN THE WORLD" TO "The DUMBEST " IN UNDER 30 MIN. WOW IM SO AMAZED!!😱

[@josephtorres3229]

I agree. In that he is very smart while very foolish. He is smart yet lacks wisdom.

[@gregwaisso6838]

He is possibly the most foolish person I've ever heard. He solves a puzzle so he thinks he should run the world. Apply to have children, wow. The world would be better without him in it spreading his bad attitude and venom. I don't believe his stepdad did what he claims either. He is a drama queen. He knows nothing of how the world is actually ran, nothing at all. There are no morals without God. He doesn't understand that either. He is too sickening to listen to.

[@nazomius7033]

IQ tests don’t test your moral values. Sure his views on him controlling the world are ridiculous, but you can’t deny he has a very good verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, memory, etc

[@bobby198]

@@gregwaisso6838 he is a genius u just don’t like what he says

[@gregwaisso6838]

@@bobby198 Yeah, you are right.

[@drose-ju6mk]

I just want to sit down and talk to this man.

[@cme1447]

Same. Finally someone it’s seems worth talking to.

[@Junksaint]

There are 10s of thousands of them, calm down. Maybe 100s of thousands in the right conditions. You just need to meet more people, talk to them earnestly and with good faith. I demolish IQ tests, made a few hundred thousand from nothing and study advanced math for fun but I'm a democratic socialist so you could call me a complete moron. I know homeless people and factory workers who are the same, they read hundreds of books a year in their ear phones and you don't realize. Being kind is what's important, follow the golden rule and you will succeed in and at life.

[@nelsonx5326]

Might be hard to keep him interested in what you have to say.

[@johnblake2483]

Smart man of the poor people

[@tommythelonelyboy]

liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty

[@gofityourself1]

This is a super villain origin story.

[@tuffgong2568]

As a teacher in academia, I find that this man is exposing valuable lessons about class, privilege, and how achievement in education is linked to class, privilege, and how you perform not academically, but perform as an attentive student.

[@NoticerOfficial]

Academia is an organism riddled with cancer

[@hypermangi8265]

ah yes, attentiveness. shoutout intuitivity n da

[@sk8punk318]

He should go around solving math equations in college hallways

[@patrickdowling695]

That would be good willed

[@ryanlowe7995]

haunting the campus throughways

[@ryanlowe7995]

call him nearly overheadless nick

[@dot_dot_pwn2650]

This man has a God complex. I believe man will naturally reach the greatest heights of our imagination. It's men like this who think they're capable of forcing a change. The history of man tells you he's the type that would watch millions upon millions die to achieve whatever he believes is correct. Sure we can reach these heights but shall we be forced by man to do so? I think it's without any actual force we will achieve any goal we set completely naturally.

[@jedisky2]

And who is gonna do this? The people on Twitter or Snapchat? You better wake up to reality.....and quick.

[@Frostsickle1989]

You obviously paid attention to what you want and are projecting what you would do given the power. He believes all humans are connected on a level a simple mind like you couldn't comprehend. And if he thinks his minds connected to that of everyone elses he would no want them to suffer and he even said that himself... so keep your stupidity to yourself... your not suppose to brag about it.

[@0klb0]

You sayin CIA staging wars left and right is natural? The WEF taking over society is natural? We are living the "forced by man" scenario you are talking about

[@A_Stereotypical_Heretic]

Someone has to do it.

[@cesarsaldana970]

@@jedisky2you’re beta dude 🤣

[@philipeldredge7136]

27:20 "I'm not in complete control of reality" you're right about that, genius.

[@axelschafer8552]

Far smarter than you

[@Tmorans]

I agree. He isn’t in control of reality at any level whatsoever. I call BS

[@ethanberger3413]

No individual can control our shared reality, but they can control their own.

[@ethanberger3413]

@@ForexyzI meant on the individual level. I see what you mean, but they can only influence it not control. Individual reality is predicated on one’s subconscious beliefs. While it’s true that if you change these beliefs, you can change someone else’s individual reality, our ability to think for ourselves and learn from others prevents control, as we are learning from others and not just one source. However if your environment is being controlled, your ability to think for yourself is more limited, but still not impossible.

[@ethanberger3413]

@@Forexyz Indeed.

[@briandecker9932]

Wow that went south quickly. Didn't see that coming, he went from really smart normal dude to dictatorial sociopath without batting an eye.

[@haveagocommentator983]

Lol yeah right . So what you mean is he started making sense without any political correct talking points and that made you uncomfortable . After all you have the IQ and moral high ground right ?

[@osukafilms]

@@haveagocommentator983 Lol do you?

[@kubikiribasara3499]

Uhh...how about narcissistic dictatorial psychopath.

[@xorq]

Maybe if you fed with academic's literature and living in a fucked up neighbourhood you end up with a fucked up mentality no mater how smart are. I think he is full of hatred for those who made his life miserable.

[@utubekullanicisi]

Not every dictatorship is bad, and sometimes nuclear problems require nuclear solutions.

[@brentcrane4918]

It’s interesting to see how resentment and seclusion can taint even the greatest of minds. Love most of his ideas but the whole eugenic theocracy thing is resentment based. IQ and wisdom are clearly not always equivalent.

[@KyrstynPixton]

Well said. Exactly my reaction too.

[@johno8289]

I don’t see resentment, rewatch it. Not even a glimpse of it. The guy is frustrated at himself and everyone else he has to share this planet with. He’s given up! I don’t know if his method will save humanity. I thin intelligence is useful but also absolute and absolute ideals are very hard to derail once in motion. I think we as humans need to form a consortium of our own ideals, by looking at our own wrong doings and working with our neighbours one step at the time to lift ourselves out of such wrong doing willingly so we consider the impact of our being and attempt to do what is honest and just and moral and if we lived like this, we may not need to choose to follow tyrannical ideals in hopes of some sort of last ditch effort of change but rather we could start working on avoiding that reality now

[@SaveTheBiosphere]

How so? Define wisdom.

[@NeerajRajput1990]

I agree Eugenics has a bad track record

[@katmac8365]

Exactly

[@HobbitHomes263]

My favorite question for "FLat-Earthers"...OK, let's say the Earth is "flat" so, tel me...how THICK is it"

[@harrisonthorpe7970]

Imagine if he was nurtured appropriately and had a suitable learning environment

[@horsepowermultimedia]

The problem with the American school system is that it only rewards those who completely obey the system, not the people who are smart enough to question about the flaws and authority of the system. The system keeps saying that it prepares kids for the real world, but the real world has been changing drastically since the late 1800s, yet the system is still made to churn out workers for the industrial revolution.

[@Katziezi]

I'm happy he wasn't, he might not realize it, but the abuse he suffered made him strong, and a strong mind needs a strong body and soul, otherwise bad things happen.

[@althausz1]

Lol. I read this as “Neutered”.

[@josephtorres3229]

perhaps, bc right now - he is absurd in many of his theories. Free Will comes from God, not this looney.

[@alcaprella7568]

Why would this matter for the smartes man in the world

[@Will-if7wp]

You can see the hurt and anger that man caused him in his eyes when he tells the stories.

[@not_exodus9537]

I can see a man that processes things a lot different than you do Abstract logical thinking is not your forte as far as I can see through my window of intellect This squizing pressure to give a word accurate with rich context meaning instead of random scattered patters around is a big thing It's his style of addressing a speach As he is a pain in your ass u refer to the emotional side of things to prove your own thing correct By ethics means entirely restructuring on how kids are supposed to do things not forcing them have them to realize what to do and how to do it in our society I would Begin with Authenticity and it's stronger bonds compared to we have now Superficial relationships amongst people without contextual thinking Having a population that is able of making conclusions on his own instead of borrowing others ideas and opinions What be assessed at jobs should also include what are your passions and having a funding on the to follow them while in school Let kids be on what classroom they want to be of whatever subject Based on their early behavioral patterns and judging whether they are more intelligent than their mates So put them To 3 years , 5 years , 10 years school Of both junior and senior high school Make strong bonds among people that are the same will make the difference Strong unity will come with strong individuality Individuality meaning staying true to who u are and beliefs not essentially egoism Being aware of the current societal norms And teach them to """ level up """ Their already fundamental logical framework that if something is repressing for me I doubt it and I don't like . So we have to teach them that whatever we imply that they consider the x pre established thing as correct from others so again the means they borrow ideas from others in a forceful way . I would say let then expose more to books experience in order for them to form an individual I might say a subjective interpretation of reality that can keep up with what are the most intelligent people are up to

[@deadliftordie5276]

"My IQ is somewhere between 190-210" - Chris "210 seems very high" -Interviewer Ummm. I think 190 is pretty high bud lol

[@RyanGraver]

Lol you're smart

[@angelabuckley29]

“University is a breeding house for parrots”, true fact. Waste of time and money.

[@zippo5052]

I am just smart enough to know that I am rarely the smartest guy in any room but... It is quite disturbing that many people of high IQ are advocates of eugenics and selective breeding. Eugenics has been tried throughout the history of the world. And yes, it was tried in the United States in 1906 and in Nazi Germany. Now, for all you forward thinkers I have a temporal conundrum for you. If eugenics laws were in effect beginning in 1950, Chris Langan would never have been born. His birth parents would not have been qualified for procreation. They would have been sterilized or destroyed.

[@DoubleBourbonBaconCheeseBurger]

this

[@robertx8733]

You are right, many geniuses would not be born with eugenic laws, such as Euler. I am a genius and my parents are not.

[@Pencil0fDoom]

You’d think someone with a 210 IQ might have caught this wrenching incompatibility between their narrative and their proposals. Hmmm. Are you “TESTING HIS PRODUCTS”?! Jon Von Neuman had an IQ in this range… and he basically INVENTED COMPUTER SCIENCE. How about those products Sir?! My window on the cosmos is an iPad, thanks to JVN (and Turing and Euler and Newton and Hermes T., or whoever *actually* designed the pyramids, etc.) wait… what was the question? I’m too pissed off to be commenting. Sorry folks.

[@JosedeJezeus]

@@Pencil0fDoom you are CORRECT! The PROOF is in the PUDDING! This guy makes no pudding. He’s a “genius,” because he took a test. But who CARES if someone is a “genius.” What matters is if they ADVANCE human knowledge, or invent something that changes society in a profound way. The ULTRA geniuses are the philosophers whose ideas get turned into religions that dominate the world.

[@novaterra777]

@Zippo505 - The most interesting aspect of your statement here, is that it argues fairly strongly that the 'selection procedure' we might propose for all of that has an error margin so large it is basically non-existent. That, in turn, has some very serious implications on the question 'where' intelligence actually comes from.

[@yourfavoritepastor7525]

22:55 "Faith is dead." That one statement alone truly shows how foolish this man is. I was hoping, after seeing him on Daily Wire, that he would be wiser and much smarter 🤷

[@Life-Row-Toll]

Are you trying to argue God doesn't exist or that you know God exists?

[@DarkmanRides]

He is incorrect about faith many people have faith in God. What he does not understand is that God will be the one to establish all the things on this Earth that need to be done not mankind. If we could achieve this there would be no need for the second coming of Jesus Christ. Now with that being said he is correct if everybody on the planet could get on the same sheet of music we could vastly improve many things. Even God himself acknowledges that when he was speaking about the Tower of Babel and said if they come together and can do this then there is nothing that they cannot do. How do you like my analogy your favorite pastor🤣

[@Life-Row-Toll]

@@DarkmanRides lol I love your last line and emoji hehe. To the heart of my question was to seek if the OP "knows" their is a God or _relies_ on "faith" that there is a God. Deduction would state that knowing something superseeds the belief in something (I understand, this doesn't work in all cases). For me, I "KNOW" there is a God, which superseeds the "faith" that there is a God. That being said, by the end of the video it makes the OP's comment kinda of moot. The intro was a "red-hearing" to create conversation.

[@DarkmanRides]

@@Life-Row-Toll I will agree with you and submit that knowing god for a fact would indeed supersede faith that there is a God I mean it's supposed to be a personal relationship. Unfortunately I believe the man believes there is a God but has no faith in his ability to do what needs to be done. Well it's not going to happen in the time frame you want. I believe the nation of Israel is the actual center of the universe. For those of us who know God when we see the 7-year peace agreement brokered by the Beast between Israel and the rest of the Arab world that's your 7-year countdown to Armageddon. I like your feedback I hope you enjoy mine.

[@paulmacbay9404]

@@Life-Row-Toll you can not positively know there is a God, you only have faith. There's no evidence of God, only story's sadly. I wish I could believe again. Then again I can not positively tell you there is no God. So I just dont know, and neither do you.

[@louisehelgesson5471]

This guy gives me villain vibes

[@Keither1977]

Very strange to have a guy who's literally bound by nothing intellectually, and yet you hear him say that he hopes he could one day get out of working at a bar. It's almost like he has no objectivity of himself even though there are quantifiable things telling him that he's one in literally billions. Or maybe he's dealing with imposter syndrome. That really is a thing. Idk just a weird dichotomy. But trauma's a thing too and it can dominate your life for decades. There's a really good book on trauma called "The Body Keeps The Score" that might help explain why, to at least some people, he's an underachiever even though he won nature's lottery.

[@aussiecath]

How so? Do you think he is wrong? So obviously he is smart enough to do a better job than the CEO of any major corporation. I invite any major corporation that is willing to hire him as CEO or anyone who will pay him big dollars to solve problems make it known here. Of course I won’t hold my breath. The smartest man in the world pointed out that dummies hire a brown nose dummy for those jobs.

[@luapmckeever721]

Imagine how smart the person was that wrote the IQ test...

[@HBHD1]

Stupid people who knew only people smarter than them would have the answers they didnt have ,

[@ben_alfred]

it’s much easier to work backwards to form problems than to solve them

[@commontopg3320]

Had the same thought..

[@ben_alfred]

@@commontopg3320 most of the people who design such tests have an iq of 135 +/-15.

[@Mac-zl4po]

It's average person 100 iq

[@LoveHandle4890]

“Do I think that makes me better than anyone else? No” “If there was a person that claimed to be a lot smarter than me, I’d punch him right threw his socket.”

[@chadguy45]

*through*

[@cesarsaldana970]

I bet you tuck it away

[@RyanGraver]

Nice catch

[@jerryjohnson67]

Other than the original IQ test what makes this guy smart again?

[@mitsaoriginal8630]

ctmu

[@channelf1249]

Its memory capacity, head size and etc.

[@user-je7yx7mr1s]

He supports Trump 😂

[@RyanGraver]

​@@user-je7yx7mr1slol he sounds like a Trump supporter

[@64Sq]

sucha humble introduction. Love this guy

[@nelchid]

Why can't you all see, this man is Ron Jeremy in a bad disguise?!

[@bobbyraejohnson]

Oh geez haha

[@adabsurdum3314]

When he talks about philosophical framework we reach by consensus... I've been saying for years. Thanks man

[@lonnyself3920]

LOL I knew a kid in the military that was smarter than the test to get in the military funny thing at the time he had to work in the military job they gave him because he could not be trusted with to much information lol

[@boarman55]

Bro he is CIA material he would easily make it with a an IQ that is “smarter than the test”

[@erickalvarez5712]

@@boarman55 maybe they want people with certain types of personality traits, like not asking questions or being able to see the bigger picture.

[@boarman55]

@@erickalvarez5712 yea that makes sense. I started to realize that religion has a stronger correlation with certain personality rather than intelligence.

[@erickalvarez5712]

@@boarman55 yeah I wouldn’t doubt it. I would guess openness to experience?

[@RandomAnnon]

Read: Confessions of an Economic Hitman. He describes his recruitment process into the Intel Community and what they are looking for from Agents. Intelligence is great for a quant, but not ideal for a soldier.

[@Apple_Teck]

Ozymandias: It doesn't take a genius to see the world has problems. The Comedian: Yeah, but it takes a room full of morons to think they're small enough for you to handle. You know, mankind's been trying to kill each other off since the beginning of time; now, we finally have the power to finish the job. Ain't nothing gonna matter once those nukes start flying; we'll all be dust. [sets light to a display of the United States.] And Ozymandias here will be the smartest man on the cinder.

[@Joshua-uq2pn]

Poor guy. No one deserves the punishment he took by his step father.

[@mbzcs]

Any highly intelligent being should understand, that intelligence is divided upon different subjects matter. Let’s say you know a math genius, chances are pretty high you are more socially intelligent. No such thing as «worlds smartest» our intelligence is nothing without working together.

[@nov3m472]

there are 9 intelligences and very intelligent people score high in all of them, math geniuses might just be very gifted in math but i think the most intelligent of them are socially intelligent too even though they are introverts

[@laurieboy3353]

I love this man. One of his ideas is very similar to a philosophical statement I came up with right after high school. I know he's way smarter than me but I no longer feel isolated because of my thoughts and wondering mind. This man needs more recognition.

[@Self-Duality]

💯😌💭

[@jjones9822]

Me too but the whole theory of the bigger the head the smarter the person doesn’t fly for me. There is a dude who eats at a restaurant I work at and he literally looks like Mega Mind. His head is huge and I guarantee you he is no genius. In fact, he may even be a little slow.

[@schechter01]

Re 22:36 - If Langan is still around (this documentary was shot a few years back), by now he probably knows it is possible to disagree with 2 + 2 = 4 if you've been sufficiently indoctrinated with enough academic bullshit.

[@bob2k375]

What

[@lukasgestrine]

@@bob2k375 That's the response of the exact candidates they are looking for.

[@Pencil0fDoom]

Watch Veritasiums “Hole at the bottom of mathematics” video. Math is neither complete or free of uncertainty.

[@ConnectFork]

@@lukasgestrine I chuckled. Thank you ☺️

[@MrBrownsugar85]

Ok pseudo-intellectual

[@ConnectFork]

Genius; “Well, it’s kind of hard to disagree with the premise that 2+2=4.” Modern Liberals; “Men can get pregnant”

[@bobbyraejohnson]

Right haha.

[@victor9]

Marilyn vos Savant has an IQ of 220 she is still alive; smart, but also has better emotional intelligence than Chris in my opinion. I think his childhood trauma blocked a very vital part of the understanding of what it means to be human.

[@user-ny7nc2sp9x]

The iq that Marilyn Savant tested for is ratio iq. Ratio iq is your (mental age/chronological age)*100. It is different from the distribution iq which chris langan tested for.

[@lilmissgearhead]

I love this documentary so much

[@agj3358]

This man is undisciplined and poorly socialized. Giving him power would be a major mistake.

[@dreamswork2189]

I cried listening to his story...

[@DoubleBourbonBaconCheeseBurger]

The smartest ones always suffer from the same problems that they themselves can't see, but one that the dumbest ones do see.

[@bobbyraejohnson]

Ain’t that the truth. My brother smart but man does he over complicate things.

[@adabsurdum3314]

Smart doesn't mean wise. They're not mutually exclusive either. The wisdom is paramount.

[@cesarsaldana970]

@@adabsurdum3314this man has no wisdom.

[@octavioavila6548]

I would never imagine from looking at him especially as a bouncer at some bar that he is the smartest man in the world.

[@gloriasangermano3687]

just out of curiosity, why dont get him in a position to develop his potential? Why is he left alone and underestimate?he seems willing to operate in a meaningful way... it would be a waste letting him aside

[@cesarsaldana970]

He wants to be this way

[@horsepowermultimedia]

What I hate about society is that it mistakes the legals for the morals. For example, society thinks that it is moral to always listen to authority. Wrong. It is not always moral to listen to authority, but it is legal. Laws in communities can be corrupt and immoral, thus making the action of listening to authority immoral. What many geniuses hate about society is that it tries to make people act in a predictable way, no matter how smart, creative, or unique a person is.

[@bobbyraejohnson]

Agree

[@A_Stereotypical_Heretic]

I'm not sure any society thinks it's moral to listen to authority, least not for any real length of time. Most revolutions against authority are on moral grounds.

[@lunicpilot1566]

Are we going for a happy life or the most efficient?

[@thaanos7144]

Efficiency makes me happy

[@Profmillar]

"I am closer to absolute truth than anyone who came before me." Words of complete arrogance. There is no absolute truth. This man can think clearly, but not abstractly. This man is no philosopher.

[@adrianorosco9256]

I like when he says "it could be you"

[@gesztidaniel]

My step father died before I was strong enough to beat the shit out of him. When I look into this man's eyes I see mine. Being more responsible and more intelligent and more good willed than our caretakers is like a 100 pound backpack full of scrap metal to carry around all the time. We can understand god with our minds but we can only understand ourself with our hearts. Trying to solve the heart's problems (processing my traumatic imprints in my nervous system) with the mind is half of the story. His problem growing up and evolving is not tha he didn't meet anyone more intelligent than him: his problem is that he never met anyone more caring and more loving towards him than he is with others.

[@jxshuua_9]

I still think his point stands

[@HobbitHomes263]

We seek to explain ourselves with the "science we have" rather than the "science we fail to even suspect?"

[@berniecruz8405]

He just read that quote somewhere and is just trying to pawn it off as his own to "try" to make himself seem as smart as he's stating he is. Which after watching this video.. the only thing I keep coming back to is, if he is so smart, then why does he do things that he says he doesn't like to do, but then when asked why doesn't he do things that will give him more out of life, like make millions, then he turns around and says, because he has no interest or doesn't want to do it! So in other words, he'll do things he doesn't want to do which doesn't get him anywhere in life, but then refuse to do things that will make him rich and/or give him the tools to make a difference in the world because he says he has no interest in it? RIGHT!! That doesn't sound like someone who is "smart". Sounds like to me he's just a person trying to get attention and make himself feel "special". That's it! As for all those writings on the white board and other places, it's easy to copy those things from somewhere or even to write things down that don't have any real meaning, just to make oneself appear like they're "brilliant", when it's nothing but a ruse!

[@gladgt6686]

@@berniecruz8405 after I made a 500+ words text i decided to delete it because explaining to you why you are wrong will only waste my time and you will learn nothing.

[@novaterra777]

@@gladgt6686 Tuned out immediately after 'like make millions'. Some filters are as easy as breathing :)

[@scottstevens7253]

Ameca: 'Intelligence huh? Well then please hold my beer ... ... that is in 8 days, 13 hours and 12 seconds from now.' ... Seriously though this guy's brain is incredible and it's really great there is a nice video like this about him.

[@cme1447]

He has an enlightened spirit, he is seeing above himself

[@adabsurdum3314]

I can't pick any fault with him so far

[@martinavaslovik3433]

There is a utilitarian streak in him that makes me uncomfortable.

[@shakemyfish2911]

He says that he thinks intelligence increases with the circumference of the head and goes centipede, monkey, then human. What about a blue whale? Is a blue whale the most intelligent creature because it has the biggest head?

[@bobbyraejohnson]

Idk does a blue whale have a big brain!

[@m74d3]

He just said there seems to be a correlation, not that it's a perfect correlation. And there does seem to be a loose correlation - the bigger the brain, the smarter the creature *in general*. There are specific cases where it doesn't run through but there still does appear to be a correlation

[@daniel-qs5sz]

The music ruined all the interview

[@dominicromero3109]

It’s strange because he doesn’t really seem like the smartest man in the world

[@brantgutierrez-wilson691]

What would that seem like to you?

[@davidhatch7603]

He's not

[@adabsurdum3314]

Lol, armchair IQ evaluators, duh.

[@grahamgrocott5008]

Despite his cleverness he hasn’t done anything. He doesn’t even have a trade. He isn’t even a carpenter or a plumber.

[@HobbitHomes263]

What tortures this man is not the physical problems of the Earth but that his mind IS connected to"intellgent energy" Intellect without a physical brain.

[@KellyBtech]

Then why was his primary concern for mankind population control?

[@DarkmanRides]

I see something in him that torments him also he believes he has the answers but understands he will never have the power or influence to implement them which is very frustrating

[@KpxUrz5745]

I had to skim through this because each time I watched I wasn't quite impressed. Other than pronouncing "buckle" at some months old, and later hypothesizing the benefits of eugenics, what has he actually done besides beat some people up? My definition of genius is actually doing something remarkable at some point in life.

[@LibertasOrationis]

Maybe he has; and no one can understand it, or perhaps wants to listen.. (Please don't think I agree entirely with what he says here, because much of it is uneducated opinion - what I can say, is that most people are not interested in fundamentally new or different ideas)

[@premonitions1390]

The cruelty he suffered as a child has injured his reasoning. Sad.

[@michaal105]

What's wrong with his reasoning? Or do you just not like his conclusion?

[@thelikebutton2464]

A man… I understand completely… @8:50 I graduated Highschool with a 1.8 GPA… I made amazing test scores but I couldn’t handle the boring and seemingly repetitive lessons. Nothing was challenging so I shut down in school around 3rd grade. I learned everything first time through and got bored, so I just couldn’t take the mind torture of public schools. The school system on Texas in the 1990s and 2000s was the “no child left behind” bs… so when I shut down they put me in “special classes”… I couldn’t take it. So after graduating Highschool with a 1.8 I went and graduated college with a 3.9 GPA… I never studied in college either. Now I’m mostly just a hobbyist. I have tones of hobbies and interest. The public school system wasted me, like it does with 90% of intelligent children. Parents, never public school your kids… if they out perform it’s one thing, but if they are leagues above their counterparts they will never be handled properly because teachers are just collecting a paycheck. I’m only around 140 I.Q. And I thought school was torture… can’t imagine what this guy went through.

[@matthewmortensen7792]

If he believes he has the ability to teach god something then this is not the smartest man out there period.

[@feraudyh]

There may well be a person in China or India or anywhere, who is just as smart, but lives in total isolation.

[@WILLYLYNCH.]

A ape is smarter than a giraffe, humans smarter than a rhino. So head size doesn't always matter you just chose animals that it worked with.

[@bobbyraejohnson]

Ahhh

[@bobbyraejohnson]

ya because aren’t insects considered smart?

[@phieyl7105]

He's not saying that brain size is the only factor, but only that it is.

[@DarkmanRides]

If you listen closely to him you can understand this for all he knows he is still tormented by what he does not know and he realizes he will not get that knowledge until he goes into the presence of God. God refers to us as his children metaphorically in the sense that he knows things that we could not possibly understand. And we are God's children literally in the fact that men are created in His image and once you accept Jesus Christ then you actually become an adopted son or daughter in Christ.

[@danielbiaka7809]

Well said 🙌🏿

[@LoveHandle4890]

This deserves the attention of the whole world tbh.

[@nolanfroese9164]

This dude took an online IQ from some random magazine and declared himself a genius LMAO

[@ZIMCoin]

We must be as wise as the serpent, but as gentle as the dove. Love, compassion, mercy, humility, and integrity are the greatest of virtues. Without these higher virtues, we are no better than the serpent.

[@PartyboyDanny]

This was entertaining but he clearly has megalomaniac tendencies and it’s likely he’s lying about his iq score. No record of him anywhere in the highest iq rankings and he makes excuses blaming academia for his lack of credentials.

[@channelf1249]

He scored 47/48 in the Mega Test, is registered with the mega society

[@WordSonFoRealz]

This took a dark turn 3/4ths of the way in. Wow. Good thing this guy works in a bar and doesn't have any significant say in anything.

[@RyanGraver]

Why does it take like four years just to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, like thats literally all of 1st-4th grade, and then all these other concepts that could be learned in 20 mins in high school

[@AndrewThoms]

This guy seems pretty normal to me... I bet all of us have had difficult situations in life growing up. Bad things have happened to all of us that were out of our control. Bad and good things happen to all of us on a daily basis. Situations that we find ourselves in are partly a product of our decisions and partly products outside of our control. But everything is ultimately under God's control. He loves us all because He created us and we are His children. He doesn't will for us to have pain in our lives but He allows it to happen. This guy says that his worldview removes the need of faith and then explains how the rest of us average people need to have faith in his intellect. That his class of people should be viewed as living gods that determine who may procreate. These ideas are dangerous and this guy needs Jesus. I'm praying for him, please do the same.

[@melvinrosendaal9795]

Intelligent people are no lifeguides. That his brain cells work more efficiently than most people, does not conclude that he can think in a more divine way than any other person. Intelligent unbelievers are just unknowing humans with no real concept of truth. They have no ground to stand on but the complexity of the human civilasations opinions. With the holy spirit, people now distinquish good from evil, because they can see gods will. This does not mean that they can count faster all of a sudden. Follow Jesus❤️

[@theTavis01]

@@melvinrosendaal9795 I agree that intelligence does not save but all people can distinguish between good and evil, even as atheists. When I was an atheist I highly valued truth and love and I recognized that things like murder and theft are wrong. It's basically common sense. The idea that there is no knowledge of good and evil among outsiders is a common misconception of modern Christians, and besides the temptation of elitism I honestly have no idea where it comes from, given that the Bible explicitly tells us that from the very beginning of humanity "their eyes were opened to know good and evil" (Gen 3) and that even the Gentiles have "God’s law written in their hearts" (Romans 2).

[@nealwilliams1784]

And by the way it isn't logic that will win the day over faith. Faith is the spiritual connection to our creator which can and does transform those who embrace it. Here is the logical reality of your superior intellect you are a bouncer at a bar, you're not even in management or any critically responsible thinking position by choice or is it because you lack a certain quality?

[@victorfernandes7955]

If head size is related to intelligence I must be up there with Einstein. 😂

[@timodne5741]

Flouride starved me to death again I'm literally deceased

[@mikeblazing4086]

I have never seen this dude ever and I completely had the identity conversation with my wife last night, I’m no genius but he’s right and everyone should listen

[@jessthom7490]

and mind you, was right years ago....cuz hes about what maybe 40 here and now he's in his 70s.....long before anyone was talking about polar ice caps openly.

[@manface4208]

*Reed Richerds has left the group chat*

[@lukejones4356]

This guy wants to train people on how to act while being a bouncer

[@aussiecath]

He’d happily rule the world but none of those “dummies” in charge will even give him an important role.

[@professordavoid]

You wanna know what's wrong with the world? 478. I was the 478th person to like this since July 25, 2020. To borrow a football phrase, COME ON, MAN!

[@empemitheos]

Ok this is ridiculous, Chris took the mega test, which is not even statistically valid, he was supposedly tested on the WAIS-III at 160 by 20/20 but I can't find anything on it so that is in question too, I mean I think he's a high IQ guy, but this is such BS to say we can measure IQ in a normalized way past certain levels, there's a reason there are limits to valid tests

[@lucapennazzi]

+ 4 sigma on polygenic traits isn’t rare. We have several people that routinely go over 5 sigma in height, which is btw a height not resulting from pituitary tumor or relates growth disorders. Stephen Hsu has also published a paper on the genetic architecture of intelligence and why it’s reasonable to infer that’s also the case with intelligence.

[@lucapennazzi]

Yeah, the mega test isn’t statistically valid, but it’s a decent shot at an otherwise underfunded research on the profoundly gifted, I’d recommend you look at some of the literature hoagies and davidson provides an overview of qualitative differences in behavioral traits of profoundly gifted children. They’ve helped several and to the best of my memory use Extended Wisc

[@lucapennazzi]

I also think you’re being overly skeptical 🧐. Listening to him and reading his work makes it clear he’s likely 160 sd 15. There might be something on his test results under the now closed wikipedia entry, under the endless debates it was brought up at some point. I’ll end by admitting that linguistic analysis to try and infer iq is dubious… which again comes with some of the lack of funding in the field already, it’s not without basis and there’s plenty of resources and some of the reasoning as to why it’s a promising lead going forward. Btw weslcher adult scale tops out at slightly under 4 sigma=160 iq. To the best of my knowledge 4 sigma intelligence is not under contention by the field.

[@empemitheos]

@@lucapennazzi yes but all this taken into account shows it to be more of a publicity stunt rather than "the world's smartest man", however nebulous that definition is, I think the real world's smartest man is out there actually doing something other than trying to get attention

[@lucapennazzi]

@@empemitheos The real world’s smartest man is yes either like you say out there doing something, or is in fact living just as bad of a life as chris is. You should read “The inappropriately excluded” by Michael Ferguson.

[@awalkthroughtorah6897]

Having had a binary encounter with YHVH myself, I totally understand the opening statement. I can't say that I boiled YaH down to yes and no, but He is everything that is good, and everything that isn't totally good and light , isn't Him. So it's between perfection and then every shade off of it.

[@Tennishero]

It’s well known that someone’s intelligence is due to the amount of wrinkles in their brain, as well as many other factors, and NOT the sheer size of their skull. Under such false logic, every giant brute on planet earth would also be a genius. I think this man has more personality issues (narcissism, for one) than sheer intelligence.

[@theTavis01]

Elephants should be beating us all at chess with their ginormous brains.

[@Tennishero]

@@theTavis01 Thanks for proving my point.

[@theTavis01]

@@Tennishero your welcome

[@xorq]

Also biggest brain is the whale's right ?

[@mrmcface713]

Brain wrinkles form due to how many neurons are in the brain. I think what Chris Langan is trying to say is that his brain has so many neurons that it cant be more dense without things going wrong, so it must expand. Though tbh I am more than sceptical with his assessment seeing as Einstein's brain was smaller than average, however it did weigh more.

[@TimothyLittle13]

Well, there's something you need to know: I'm Chris Langan and we're doing a show about eugenics & IQs

[@0797cjm]

He should do a podcast

[@user-qm2wl9ry9n]

I think that what he said was beautiful, when he talked about “the window” , that was really beautiful , the way he said it .

[@michaelbelfast1]

'The universe is the mind of God... we're all little pieces of God.' Beautiful.

[@Gurgzz]

Nothing beautiful about blasphemy

[@yves-vv6uf]

The only thing that I would argue,with his belief is that all should be able to live!!!the ill should be allowed life!! Great and small ❤❤❤

[@beverlyjohnson8801]

Mr. Langan sounds a lot like Ed Kempler.

[@tuomasmattila283]

Very much

[@k33k32]

i was thinking that too. Very intelligent, very abusive childhood, no encouragement for intellectual development. Never once mentions the word women. An interesting film.

[@donaldbarton6701]

Kemper