[brennan.jamesp]

Originally Posted by Xenu

I've seen Langan get hammered on internet message boards and his theory totally crushed. His shit just doesn't hold water. After being humiliated, Langan played the "high IQ card" and claimed that nobody understood his theory and it wasn't his job to explain it. These weren't amateurs either, some of the guys who debunked him were PhDs and I believe one of them held two PhDs.

Also, Langan has been in and out of high IQ clubs. He has the uncanny ability to create a cult following, piss off his friends, and then start new cult followings. He's an ass.

Langan may ace the tests but he fails at life. Soon Langan and his "theory" will wash away and be forgotten.



You want someone with an impressive brain? Check out Ben Franklin.

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and a musical instrument. He formed both the first public lending library in America and first fire department in Pennsylvania. He was an early proponent of colonial unity and as a political writer and activist he, more than anyone, invented the idea of an American nation[1] and as a diplomat during the American Revolution, he secured the French alliance that helped to make independence possible.

Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Anyone listed here is light years ahead of Langan.

Tha is some intimidating list! I liked what JFK said about Jefferson

[brennan.jamesp]

Besides, whats the point in having a high IQ unless your bank account is in 7 figures or you are knee deep in poontang?

[foofie]

Iq is overrated .

There are so many other things like will , and talent for creativity which are so underrated .

[foofie]

By the way this guy is one of those geniouses , which have a sense of morality and which want better for the world . Its not necessarily that way , being intelectually gifted does not have to mean you will not be cruel , it matters on opinions aswell, atleast I would say it does .
Maybe at a certain level of geniality , it does become a fact for you , no matter how evil you are , that being kind and having the goal of helping man kind is correct .

Most rich people tend to be the ones without morality , therefore those without generousity . So all the money ends up in the hands of those , who do very little good with it .The world is full of those , "smart" guys , which trick people , and make money in a way which they themselfs find slightly bad , but hey everybody is doing it , so why shouldnt I do it aswell ?


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One thing that suprises me , why does this person , when so smart , get into the place of big power , polically and economicaly , and change the world ? Why does he , when he realises what is wrong with the world work in bar ? There are people far bellow average intelligence which are succesful , yet this person for some reason isnt there , is his morality holding him ? Or what is the problem ? Why doesnt he do something for "the greater good " ?

Originally Posted by Xenu
I've seen Langan get hammered on internet message boards and his theory totally crushed. His shit just doesn't hold water. After being humiliated, Langan played the "high IQ card" and claimed that nobody understood his theory and it wasn't his job to explain it. These weren't amateurs either, some of the guys who debunked him were PhDs and I believe one of them held two PhDs.

- I dont understand how his theory could get totally crushed , when it is merely an opinion , which has never been tryed . There are similair things , like totality united with comunism , but everytime comunism and dictatorship has failed is because the power was abused by a group which could not control the people , because his choosings were wrong .
I say , if the world was to be led by 1 person , a intellectualy gifted one , I would not mind if he would have controlled the life of everyone . Maybe he would make a mistake , but he would learn from it , with his intelligence .
But would I mind being controlled by a group of people , who have got to power due to abuse of laws , and doing things that others do not , since they do not lack a level of morality ? Yes , I would mind that a lot .

All the people who do not like his theory , think that power in hands of few will be abused , which is because so far , when it was in the hands of someone , it was in the hands of someone with a certain political view ( same as his group ) , not someone very intelligent .

[WorldofWarcraft]

Originally Posted by Xenu

We'd all be happy for him if he weren't a renowned douchbag.

I'm willing to bet he's smarter than you in every conceivable way.


He's smart enough to know that money doesn't equal happiness.

[Lubaolong]

His "theory" makes no predictions, is not testable, and so is not falsifiable in principle. It's in the same boat as ID, as far as theories go.

[balance]

I think people in this thread are assuming high motivation/success is automatically attached to high mental ability, when they are really two different attributes.

And a great amount of IQ testing is taken at a very young age. I took mine when I was in second grade, so I wasn't exactly prepped for the test. I'm surprised that at 195, this guy isn't legally insane.

[WorldofWarcraft]

I've seen a Youtube video about a man with such a high IQ, that he can actually see what shapes colors are. He said something along the lines of orange being the shape of a mountain.

Anyone know what I'm talking about?

[balance]

Originally Posted by WorldofWarcraft

I've seen a Youtube video about a man with such a high IQ, that he can actually see what shapes colors are. He said something along the lines of orange being the shape of a mountain.

Anyone know what I'm talking about?

LSD? I took 3 too many paper hits one time and I started hearing the colors blue and purple.

[Kiyashin]

Originally Posted by balance

LSD? I took 3 too many paper hits one time and I started hearing the colors blue and purple.

Sounds like you get astronomically smarter on acid.