A man who has been dubbed the “world’s smartest man” has given a pretty definitive answer on whether god exists.
Chris Langan is widely regarded as one of the most intelligent people in the world with an IQ estimated between 190 and 210.
Best known for his Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe (CTMU), the genius discussed the idea of God in recent interviews, providing insights into his complex worldview.
Langan, whose CTMU theory links reality and consciousness in a structure that explains existence, stated unequivocally that he believes in the existence of God.
Speaking on CTMU Radio, he said: “Yes. Yes, the reality has an identity. The identity is that as which something exists. Matter of fact, when you say the word reality, you’re naming an identity. You’re identifying something.”
Langan elaborated on how his theory supports the idea of a divine presence, explaining that the properties of reality correspond with those traditionally attributed to God.
“That’s what the CTMU says. It just comes up, with a mathematical structure that you need to build a reality out of that,” he said.
Langan continued: “So, you come up with that identity and then you search it for its properties. Once you’ve built the preliminary framework, you start deducing the properties of this identity and you find out that those properties match those of God, as described in most of the world’s major religions.”
Langan’s perspective reframes God not as a personified being but as the identity underlying the interconnected properties of reality.
In a separate appearance on the Theories of Everything podcast with Curt Jaimungal, Langan shared his beliefs about death and what follows.
He described death as the end of one’s relationship with their physical body, but not the end of existence itself.
“That’s the termination of your relationship with your particular physical body that you have at this present time,” he said.
“When you are retracted from this reality, you go back up toward the origin of reality. You can be provided with a substitute body, another kind of terminal body that allows you to keep on existing.”
According to Langan, the essence of consciousness continues beyond physical death, returning to what he calls the “origin of reality.” This, however, does not align with traditional notions of an afterlife.
He likened the post-death state to meditation, explaining: “Now you’re basically meditating, seeing everything change. However, you exist that way right now.
“Arguably, all of your lifetimes, if you were to be reincarnated again and again and again, all of those reincarnations are meta-simultaneous. There is a sense in which they all occur at once in the non-terminal domain.”
Reeva Steenkamp’s mother has issued a stark warning to Oscar Pistorius’ new girlfriend.
The 38-year-old South African star shocked the world in 2013 after it was reported that he shot his 29-year-old girlfriend multiple times through a locked bathroom door on Valentine’s Day, claiming that he mistook her for an intruder.
Initially, a judge convicted him of manslaughter, but South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal overturned the verdict in 2017, convicting him of murder.
The athlete was released on parole in January this year after serving half of his 13-year sentence.
Pistorius remains under strict parole conditions until 2029, including alcohol restrictions, media bans, and curfews.
Despite these restrictions, the double-amputee sprinter has reportedly begun dating Rita Greyling, a 33-year-old business consultant.
His late ex’s mom, June Steenkamp, has expressed concern about this new relationship in a recent interview with The Sun, saying: “I don’t understand how she doesn’t see a red flag about him because he has not lost his temper problem.
“He was supposed to be under anger management when he was in jail and at one stage I stopped him coming out because I was annoyed that he wasn’t having treatment,” she continued. “He was angry – and he still has a problem with anger. He’s still a danger to women.
“Reeva only knew him for three months and she was dead and he’s never confessed,” she said, adding that seeing her daughter’s murderer in a new relationship isn’t “painful,” but rather she’s “worried” for the well-being of the woman involved.
Steenkamp’s sister, Simone, also voiced her concerns about Pistorius’ new relationship, slamming the athlete for dating someone who bears a striking resemblance to her murdered sister.
“Is she nuts?” Simone questioned, adding, ”I am just looking at this woman’s photographs and I have goosebumps and shivers going down my spine at this moment. What shocks me is that she looks so much like my Reeva,” cited by The Mirror.
“She is the same build, the same face and hair, even the same eyes. Is he that sick that he wanted to find a lookalike?” she added.
The grieving sister said Pistorius has “no remorse” for what he did to his ex-girlfriend, and advised Rita to “sleep with one eye open”.
“I also have to ask myself how a woman can close her eyes at night and go to sleep with a man she knows fired four bullets that mutilate flesh into a woman he says he loved,” she added.
A drunk driver who killed a bride on her wedding day has made a startling request.
On December 2, Jamie Lee Komoroski pleaded guilty to two counts of felony DUI resulting in great bodily injury and one count each of felony DUI resulting in death and reckless homicide resulting in death after she hit a golf cart on which Samantha Miller and Aric Hutchinson were traveling on the way home from their wedding reception.
The pair had just left the venue after celebrating such a special night
