Chris Langan: IQ, Free Will, Psychedelics, CTMU, & God

- 00:00:00 Introduction
- 00:06:00 What is the CTMU? (Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe)
- 00:12:03 Syntax and Semantics duality (Stone duality)
- 00:15:19 Love, related to "inner expansion"
- 00:17:47 Standard physics is a linear-ectomorphic semi-model
- 00:19:59 Zeno's paradox and the problem with continuity / real numbers
- 00:25:58 CTMU set theory vs ZFC
- 00:32:37 Free will and telic recursion
- 00:37:32 Difference from sameness (monism / nonduality)
- 00:42:08 Expanding universe (expanding INTO what? vs. the metric)
- 00:44:37 How did Chris come up with the CTMU?
- 01:01:38 A theory of everything must "explain" cognition
- 01:03:19 Many Worlds Interpretation is "hogwash"
- 01:12:58 Definition of G.O.D. (God)
- 01:17:14 Human Singularity vs Tech Singularity
- 01:24:49 What is death? What happens after death?
- 01:26:38 UFOs / UAPs / Jack Sarfatti
- 01:30:58 Chris' paranormal experiences
- 01:39:10 On the criticism of Chris' CTMU (and Weinstein / Wolfram)
- 01:46:05 Interpreting different religions as aspect of the same reality
- 02:00:04 The truth about intelligence is that there's more to it than IQ
- 02:18:07 Hell exists
- 02:27:29 God is his own bound
- 02:36:05 Joscha Bach
- 02:44:50 Eric Weinstein's Geometric Unity
- 02:56:37 Penrose and Hameroff
- 03:02:07 Noam Chomsky
- 03:10:56 Logico-geometric duality
- 03:18:00 How is consciousness defined?
- 03:29:00 Nootropics, psychedelics, and meditation
- 03:40:11 Rationalism
- 03:46:02 The universe is more than the sum of its parts
- 03:54:21 Philanthropism and Bill Gates
- 04:00:03 Advice for Curt

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AUDIENCE TOE LINKS:

SPECIAL THANK YOU AND DEDICATION:
- Sam Thompson
- Someone I forgot to thank, who owes perhaps even a larger "thank you" than Chris Langan himself, is his sedulous wife who helped organize the 4h+ podcast and bought the video equipment / set it all up just for the sake of the TOE podcast. Thank you Gina Langan.

[TheoriesofEverything]

Timestamps:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:06:00 How long does it take to learn the CTMU?
00:09:52 Introduction to the CTMU
00:12:03 Syntax and Semantics duality (Stone duality)
00:13:26 Syntactic covering, human cognitive syntax, and reality syntax
00:14:38 "Language" is more like reality than mathematical language
00:15:19 Love, related to "inner expansion"
00:16:28 There's no such thing as a "literal interpretation"
00:17:47 Standard physics is a linear-ectomorphic semi-model
00:19:59 Zeno's paradox and the problem with continuity / real numbers
00:22:00 The conspansive manifold
00:24:03 Meta-simultaneity
00:25:58 CTMU set theory vs ZFC
00:28:15 Metaformal system vs formal system
00:32:37 Free will and telic recursion
00:34:17 Evil is incoherent
00:35:20 Syndiffeonesis and the hierarchy of metalanguages
00:37:32 Difference from sameness (monism / nonduality)
00:40:00 Mach's principle
00:42:08 Expanding universe (expanding INTO what? vs. the metric)
00:44:37 How did Chris come up with the CTMU?
00:45:41 Newcomb's paradox and free will
00:55:16 Unary relations and syndiffeonesis
00:57:02 You participate in what you perceive. You help create the world.
01:01:38 A theory of everything must "explain" cognition
01:02:26 Origin of life
01:03:19 Many Worlds Interpretation is "hogwash"
01:08:17 Existence is everywhere a choice to exist
01:12:58 Definition of G.O.D. (God)
01:14:16 If consciousness is associated with quantum collapse, can a particle be evil?
01:15:25 Good vs evil (in the CTMU)
01:17:14 Human Singularity vs Tech Singularity
01:20:18 Mind uploading
01:22:14 Maximum entanglement speed
01:23:01 Liar's paradox
01:24:49 What is death? What happens after death?
01:26:38 UFOs / UAPs / Jack Sarfatti
01:30:58 Chris' paranormal experiences
01:39:10 On the criticism of Chris' CTMU (and Weinstein / Wolfram)
01:43:27 Supertautology
01:46:05 Interpreting different religions as aspect of the same reality
01:46:55 Why is atheism associated with being intellectual?
01:51:31 IQ and Stephen Jay Gould
01:54:19 Race and IQ
02:00:04 The truth about intelligence is that there's more to it than IQ
02:03:46 On Chris' personality, and how he chose his wife
02:11:18 New Atheism and Sam Harris / Dawkins
02:18:07 Hell exists
02:23:47 Belief vs action
02:27:29 God is his own bound
02:28:10 Who was Jesus? Who was Buddha?
02:30:52 Klee Irwin
02:36:05 Joscha Bach
02:38:33 Proto-computation vs Turing machine
02:44:50 Eric Weinstein's Geometric Unity
02:46:57 Stephen Wolfram's Theory of Everything
02:49:04 Donald Hoffman's "reality is an illusion"
02:50:34 Bohm and Bergson
02:55:07 Douglas Hofstadter's Strange Loop
02:56:37 Penrose and Hameroff
02:59:36 Thomas Campbell's "My Big TOE"
03:02:07 Noam Chomsky
03:06:06 Jordan Peterson
03:07:45 Metacausation
03:10:56 Logico-geometric duality
03:13:17 Trialic
03:14:47 [Dav] Where to contact Chris?
03:16:04 [Dav] Afterlife carries our memories?
03:18:00 How is consciousness defined?
03:19:26 [Dav] Wittgenstein and Jonathan Mize
03:21:44 [Steven Nikolic] Information and logical ruleset are the only necessary ontology
03:24:08 [Carian Dudley] Which philosophers of the past came the closest?
03:25:19 [Carian Dudley] Gödel's incompleteness theorems and CTMU
03:26:58 [Timothy O'Brien] Leibniz's Monadology's relation to CTMU
03:27:44 [Eike Freidank] Difference relations
03:28:23 [Stephen Olis] Arenas where Chris feels dumb or average?
03:29:00 Nootropics, psychedelics, and meditation
03:36:27 [Snorre Grimstad] Can the CTMU help someone with a psychological disorder?
03:37:47 [Snorre Grimstad] Do you have to experience the world to understand it?
03:40:11 Rationalism
03:41:45 How is science limited?
03:46:02 The universe is more than the sum of its parts
03:48:20 What Chris would have done different in the developing his theory
03:50:35 Advice for YOU (the viewer), developing your own TOE
03:54:21 Philanthropism and Bill Gates
04:00:03 Advice for Curt

[traebonay]

I cant believe i went down a wormhole of finding out the smartest man ever documented is alive today and made a theory of everything yet is almost completely ignored like a crazy person? I feel like i just uncovered a conspiracy lol

[abc-ygtk]

This is why I like your style Curt, you spend weeks studying your guests and go one of the deepest dives into a person and the topic on the internet. Completely underrated channel. The world is not smart enough for this channel, but I hope you keep doing what you do.

[rkalla]

Curt, how you prepared for this interview is beyond me. Then executing such a productive conversation with Chris is yet beyond me again. So impressive my man.

[allexunu]

I remember this guy, heard of him 15 years ago i was in high school researching iq and found a news article about a bouncer with 200iq… glad to see him healthy and working on something so important.

[billyharkey]

All I can say is holy moly dude. Seriously.

I watch a lot of podcasts and there are very few of them that I don't miss any episodes but yours is one of them. This was probably one of the most fascinating interviews I've ever seen, ever. You're a brave person for being willing and able to step into what I can only imagine was intimidating, but also ceaselessly searching for the theory of everything. Chris was right - never let someone dissuade you from what you're doing and never let your curiosity falter or decline. I'm likely a bit older on your demographic but I discover new things every day and you both were correct - life is experiential, so make sure you wring every last bit of life out of yours.

[stewartgregerson]

This guy is the Ron Swanson of theories of everything and I love it.

[dimitrijmaslov]

...just love the way he talks about metaphysical, highly complex themes, while looking, formulating, like your dad explaining how to close the garage door. :"D

[TheUniversityOfLight]

Chris Langan is one of the most attractive minds of our time. He is fascinating and the way you approached this interview was truly wonderful! I am grateful to you for doing this. The amount of time and work it had to have taken is so intense and words of thanks don't truly convey my appreciation properly.

[watersport]

In addition to his theoretical work, Chris could do a mean voiceover for heroic animation characters.

[dominicbrady]

Langan: CTMU includes everything
Curt: Does it include this?
Langan: Yes
(Repeat)

[ZealousSwede]

You're doing a good job of bringing in unique minds that usually don't get the attention or questions they deserve! Keep it up yo

[gporeckless]

2 years later and I’m only seeing this?
Awakening underway. Thank you for this interview!

[bigears]

Your introduction discussing the difficulty with credibly navigating new concepts where the constructs and language is also wholly new without a historically established decoding, was masterfully said. Your approach to credibly explain the concept back to the conceiver to their satisfaction is the ultimate show of earnest integrity. I'm a fan.

[righteousgod]

I have never watched a four hour long video in my life. This was well worth it. Please have him back again.

[tear]

Finishing this up. I'm actually quite shocked with how deeply he knows everything that is thrown at him. Chris is no joke!

[JT-npop]

This guys intuitive understanding over the power of language and how language is essentially the foundation of existence itself is very profound.

[Tyrosine]

This is by far the best Langan interview on YouTube. You're the only guy so far who's smart enough to competently take on this project.

[jimc]

Wow. First time hearing Chris interviewed at this serious level. Most bits on the internet treat him, because of his intellect, almost as an object of curiosity. His ideas of language(s) really struck a chord. I have from the early days of personal intellectual awakening intuitively felt the importance of the precision of language. Great to hear him express his ideas. Curt you keep raising the bar. Congratulation for your channels development as well as your obvious personal growth.

[wessel_g]

I put this on as background noise at work. It's great to hear people talking without understanding a thing so I can focus on work.

Much respect to both of these guys for solving stuff my brain would never allow me to.