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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://pieville.net/users/istina/statuses/113984249718042891">Istina (istina@pieville.net)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Feb-2025 17:19:18 JST</a><a href="https://pieville.net/@istina" title="istina@pieville.net"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/6397-48-20220819150128.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Istina" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Istina</a><div><a href="https://pieville.net/@Varg/113983025057227718" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/14143" title="alex_linder@pieville.net">A. Linder</a></li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://pieville.net/@Varg">@Varg</a> <a href="https://pieville.net/@Alex_Linder">@Alex_Linder</a> Apparently he did an IQ test under a pseudonym to enter the mega society. Maybe not 195, but probably 160+, as he had done the test before. Having a high IQ doesn't mean you are really knowledgeable, just that you can figure things out faster and more efficiently (square peg in square hole). Couldn't watch it because the presenter just sounds smug and whiny.<br>Not fussed about defending the guy, but I'd believe his high IQ before "patent office Einstein".<br><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4545453#notice-8898992">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-02-11T17:19:18+09:00" title="Tuesday, 11-Feb-2025 17:19:18 JST">about 3 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/notice/8898992" rel="external" title="Sent from gnusocial.jp via ActivityPub">gnusocial.jp</a></span></span><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/notice/8898992">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4117551">Untitled attachment</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.pieville.net/file/pievillecdn/media_attachments/files/113/984/149/198/213/768/original/acb290d639f4eb36.jpeg" rel="external">https://cdn.pieville.net/file/pievillecdn/media_attachments/files/113/984/149/198/213/768/original/acb290d639f4eb36.jpeg</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: upload.wikimedia.org</div><h5><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan">Christopher Langan</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Christopher Michael Langan (born March 25, 1952) is an American horse rancher and former bar bouncer, known for scoring highly on an IQ test that gained him entry to a high IQ society, and for being formerly listed in the Guinness Book of Records high IQ section under the pseudonym of Eric Hart, alongside Marilyn vos Savant and Keith Raniere. The record was discontinued in 1990, as high IQs are considered too unreliable to document as world records. Langan was later a subject of Malcolm Gladwell's book, Outliers: The Story of Success (2008), in which the journalist sought to understand why Langan's high IQ had not led to greater success in life. The book compared him with J. Robert Oppenheimer, and focused on their respective environments.
Langan has spent many years working on a hypothesis that reality is a self simulation. He calls the theory the Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe (CTMU). The thesis is self published and Langan has no academic qualifications, having twice dropped out of college. He has been interviewed and has self published his views on various matters, including...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Istina (istina@pieville.net)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Feb-2025 17:19:18 JSTIstina
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@Varg @Alex_Linder Apparently he did an IQ test under a pseudonym to enter the mega society. Maybe not 195, but probably 160+, as he had done the test before. Having a high IQ doesn't mean you are really knowledgeable, just that you can figure things out faster and more efficiently (square peg in square hole). Couldn't watch it because the presenter just sounds smug and whiny.
Not fussed about defending the guy, but I'd believe his high IQ before "patent office Einstein".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan
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  Christopher Langan
  Christopher Michael Langan (born March 25, 1952) is an American horse rancher and former bar bouncer, known for scoring highly on an IQ test that gained him entry to a high IQ society, and for being formerly listed in the Guinness Book of Records high IQ section under the pseudonym of Eric Hart, alongside Marilyn vos Savant and Keith Raniere. The record was discontinued in 1990, as high IQs are considered too unreliable to document as world records. Langan was later a subject of Malcolm Gladwell's book, Outliers: The Story of Success (2008), in which the journalist sought to understand why Langan's high IQ had not led to greater success in life. The book compared him with J. Robert Oppenheimer, and focused on their respective environments. Langan has spent many years working on a hypothesis that reality is a self simulation. He calls the theory the Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe (CTMU). The thesis is self published and Langan has no academic qualifications, having twice dropped out of college. He has been interviewed and has self published his views on various matters, including...

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