re: Smartest man on earth, Chris Langan, interview on many topics

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I have a brother in law who writes shite just like hat in a hauntingly familiar way. When they get the thorazine level right they are usually able to minimize his psychotic episodes. You've got to be joking, right?

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Not really joking. I’m in no position to judge any of these kinds of theories on their scientific merits. You seem like you could be. What makes his theory laughable as opposed to some of the more conventional ones? We’ve already established that he’s not mainstream and self published. Dismissing his work based on that fact alone seems kind of chickenshit to an outsider like myself.

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lol. Chief deboonker professor Dave huh? Why didn’t you just post Bill Nye instead?

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the idea that this guy is shamelessly promoting himself as a genius and/or the smartest guy in the world is embarrassing. Elon runs laps around this fraud when it comes to intelligence

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This guy is great at explaining his theory in a way dumb people (me) can follow.

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If you are smart enough to recognize any shortcomings you may have, you are not "dumb." Those that cannot see their own shortcomings are the dumb ones, irrespective of their IQs.

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I went to high school with a guy that was a math wizard. He had a rough background. He worked on cars, smoked cigarettes and hung out with a bad crowd rather than cultivated his talent. I’m pretty sure he ended up in jail at some point.

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So basically you grew up with Matt Damon’s character from Good Will Hunting

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I'd guess you're 20 pts off (110, not 70 )

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110 is also what I would say

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the idea that this guy is shamelessly promoting himself as a genius and/or the smartest guy in the world is embarrassing. Elon runs laps around this fraud when it comes to intelligence

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Yeah, I'd pay to hear Langan and Musk discuss the Universal Paradigm, as such relates to the Empirical and Spiritual. I suspect that Elon would agree, or at the least be 'agnostic' a whole lot more than overtly opposed to Langan's theoretical suppositions.

I think it was da Vinci that said that "there are those that see, and those that see when told, and those that don't see" (paraphrase maybe). Ultimately, Reality becomes subjective. Thomas Sowell knows this re his "First Principle" CHOICE theory. Everything flows from one's basic preferential (Natural/God-ordained, Pre-destined?) choice. And there are ultimately only two choices. I.e., either the validation of the existence of God and the sub-ordination to God's Truth, or the denial thereof. Of course, the 'Choice' must be an educated choice to be finally determinative (eternal Hell), as ignorant choices are Spiritually invalid, though Worldly consequential.

It's paradoxical. Humans will chase their tails until they SUBMIT and ASK for Vision (of God). God will never break the rule of personal 'sovereignty'/preference...lest Lucifer call God out as creating Humanity to worship Him/It. Which would be self-serving and narcissistic, which is exactly what Lucifer is. Like the Libs...Projection much. Ha.

God created Humanity to expand and share Love. For both's sake. NOT out of a need or desire to be worshipped. That is ludicrous and impossible from God's POV.

Nobody in the flesh can 'know' God. But a very few, and they will be changed in Spirit, forever. No normal after that. "Flesh and blood will not inherit the kingdom of Heaven...". "He that seeks to save their 'Self', will lose it...". "Few there will be that enter therein..."; and most won't want to. Me included, as I am not ready. I will bow in wonder and reverence and worship, when I die and lose my Self and see Heaven/God, but I know I won't be able to stay. Back to 'Purgatory' for me.

Heavy stuff.

You’re probably right. I stopped posting here for a long time after 2020 because I got really frustrated with the predictability of topics and inability to get through on certain issues. I really don’t know why I started back to be honest

I would say just being smart isn't enough. A lot of people wish they were smarter but being above average intelligence can be terrible. Tons of correlation between high IQ and anxiety, depression etc. My sibling figured out how to walk the line and succeed a long time ago, but I never could. They had a master's in math and were putting satellites in orbit in their 20s, while I was trying to kill myself and (thankfully) failing.

I think I would rather be more oblivious, more social, have better work ethic, and be more able to have my anxiety under control than be smart. I am mostly happy now, but it's hard to not look back at a mostly wasted and lost decade+ of my life. I don't have the same desire to sell everything and disappear into the woods that I used to (getting married will change that I guess) but damn if it doesn't sound awesome sometimes.

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I would say just being smart isn't enough. A lot of people wish they were smarter but being above average intelligence can be terrible. Tons of correlation between high IQ and anxiety, depression etc. My sibling figured out how to walk the line and succeed a long time ago, but I never could. They had a master's in math and were putting satellites in orbit in their 20s, while I was trying to kill myself and (thankfully) failing.

I think I would rather be more oblivious, more social, have better work ethic, and be more able to have my anxiety under control than be smart. I am mostly happy now, but it's hard to not look back at a mostly wasted and lost decade+ of my life. I don't have the same desire to sell everything and disappear into the woods that I used to (getting married will change that I guess) but damn if it doesn't sound awesome sometimes.

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Look at my post earlier on this page. This is the story of my life.

I’m at peace now and life is good, but it took me a long time to figure it out (or rather, a long time to figure out many complicated methods of screwing up, and the answer was simple all along).

Yeah I read the whole thread then backed up to far and just replied to the first post since I figured you'd see it either way lol.

I'm mostly happy these days, but it's hard to not wonder where I could be if I'd been less of a screw up early on. Hopefully not working a mediocre job that pays the bills but that I hate, but the flip side is I wouldn't have met most of my current friends or my wife if I'd been more put together so who knows. Just gotta accept that God had a plan the whole time, even if I could never see it or understand it.