7 Quotes by Christopher Langan

We live in a highly complex, technological world – and it's not entirely obvious what's right and what's wrong in any given situation, unless you can parse the situation, deconstruct it. People just don't have the insight to be able to do that very effectively.

There’s no logical connection between being smart and having money.

In my view, ideas and other intellectual productions are more interesting, more indicative of intelligence, and more productively debated than IQ alone.

There is nothing to be gained by pretending that academic involvement is necessary, or even always desirable, in the quest for truth and knowledge.

To have a high IQ, you tend to specialize, think deep thoughts. You avoid trivia.

Everything begins as an internal reality and then is externalized through perception.

You cannot describe the universe completely with any accuracy unless you’re willing to admit that it’s both physical and mental in nature.