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Chris Langan (IQ of 195) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan "Chris Langan is a fellow of the Int

Chris Langan (IQ of 195) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Langan "Chris Langan is a fellow of the International Society for Complexity, Information, and Design (ISCID), a body that actually promotes ‘Intelligent Design’ (ID). His God is the god who created the world and his ‘proof’ is that the universe behaves like a mind, therefore this must be the mind of a god. Langan may be reputedly the most intelligent man in the United States" Source: https://www.quora.com/What-is-God-according-to-Chris-Langan-What-does-he-think-about-the-established-religions-such-as-Christianity-or-Islam https://www.quora.com/What-is-God-according-to-Chris-Langan-...

hall0ween 5y ago
IQ has never been linked to intelligence, considered there is no agreed upon definition for intelligence.
- dukeofdoom 5y ago
  Yeah maybe, but that's a little like claiming Usain Bolt isn't the fastest man in the world because there is no agreed definition of "fastest man", because everyone can have their own definition of what is means to be the fastest man. IQ is the best measure we have to compare how fast your brain stores and processes information compared to others.
  - PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
    Sure, that could be a reasonable thing to say about IQ. But "fastest man" is well defined, because speed is well-defined. "being fast at storing and processing information" is a candidate for a definition of intelligence, but far from the only one. So no, it's nothing like claiming that Usain Bolt isn't the fastest man in the world. Or maybe it is: Bolt is almost certainly not the fastest person over 100 miles, so what kind of speed / intelligence are we discussing?
    - dukeofdoom 5y ago
      IQ tests tend to have a mix of questions to measure: "verbal comprehension, processing speed, perceptual organization, and working memory"
gliptic 5y ago
High IQ is no barrier to becoming a crackpot, evidently.

hall0ween 5y ago

IQ has never been linked to intelligence, considered there is no agreed upon definition for intelligence.

dukeofdoom 5y ago
Yeah maybe, but that's a little like claiming Usain Bolt isn't the fastest man in the world because there is no agreed definition of "fastest man", because everyone can have their own definition of what is means to be the fastest man. IQ is the best measure we have to compare how fast your brain stores and processes information compared to others.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
  Sure, that could be a reasonable thing to say about IQ. But "fastest man" is well defined, because speed is well-defined. "being fast at storing and processing information" is a candidate for a definition of intelligence, but far from the only one. So no, it's nothing like claiming that Usain Bolt isn't the fastest man in the world. Or maybe it is: Bolt is almost certainly not the fastest person over 100 miles, so what kind of speed / intelligence are we discussing?
  - dukeofdoom 5y ago
    IQ tests tend to have a mix of questions to measure: "verbal comprehension, processing speed, perceptual organization, and working memory"

gliptic 5y ago

High IQ is no barrier to becoming a crackpot, evidently.