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This page lists sources containing information about Chris Langan's Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe (CTMU).

## Contents

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* 1Websites
* 2Books
* 3Papers
* 4Articles and essays
* 5Discussions
* 6Audio/Video
* 7Mega Society/Mega Foundation's Journals
* 8Media coverage
* 9Related material
* 10Other & Non-related resources

## Websites

* Official sites
	+ ctmu.org, ctmu.net, teleologic.org, theoryofeverything.net
	+ Mega Foundation
	+ Mega International (various CTMU pages)
	+ The Hard Way - Chris Langan's blog
	+ Chris Langan is creating Reality Theory - Patreon: Become a Patron
	+ CTMU Knowledge Base For immediate access to the Knowledge Base, Subscribe to Chris Langan on Patreon !

* Community sites
	+ CTMU Facebook group (Langan is participating, since May 23, 2017)
	+ ctmucommunity.org - this wiki!
	+ CTMU Commune Wiki - a wiki for aca-hippies!
	+ CTMU reddit board
	+ [1] - Unofficial CTMU-inspired blog
	+ [2] - The new CTMU blog!

## Books

* Langan, Christopher M. (2002). *The Art of Knowing.* Mega Press.

* Langan, Christopher M. (2019). Introduction to Quantum Metamechanics (QMM). Mega Foundation Press.

* Langan, Christopher (2020). FAQs About Reality: Chris Langan's Social Media Posts, Book 1: Quora Mega Foundation Press.

## Papers

* Langan, Christopher M. (2002). "The Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe: A New Kind of Reality Theory". *Progress in Complexity, Information, and Design* **1.2–1.3**.

* Langan, Christopher M. (2004). "Cheating the Millennium: The Mounting Explanatory Debts of Scientific Naturalism". In *Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing*, edited by William Dembski. ISI Books.

* Langan, Christopher M. (2017)."An Introduction to Mathematical Metaphysics". *Cosmos and History* **13(2)**.

* Langan, Christopher M. (2018). "Metareligion as the Human Singularity". *Cosmos and History* **14(1)**.

* Langan, Christopher M. (2018). "The Metaformal System: Completing the Theory of Language". *Cosmos and History* **14(2)**.

* Langan, Christopher M. (2019). "Introduction to Quantum Metamechanics (QMM)". *Cosmos and History* **15(2)**.

* Langan, Christopher M. (2020). "The Reality Self-Simulation Principle: Reality is a Self-Simulation". *Cosmos and History* **16(1)**.

## Articles and essays

* Langan, Christopher M. A *Very* Brief History of Time.
* Langan, Christopher M. The Theory of Theories.
* Langan, Christopher M. On Absolute Truth and Knowledge.
* Langan, Christopher M. Introduction to the CTMU.
* Langan, Christopher M. A Day in the Life of Jojo Einstein, Street Clown ~ Part II.
* Langan, Christopher M. The Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe as the Nexus of Spirituality and Cosmology.
* Langan, Christopher M. Flash from Deep Space: Supernews on Supernovas/Physics and Metaphysics.
* Langan, Christopher M. CTMU Diagrams

## Discussions

* Straight Talk About God
* Live Moderated Chat: Christopher Langan
* Discussion with a member of the HIQ community
* Langan on Quora
* Topica CTMU list - official e-mail list
* CTMU Q & A
* HIQ & A - CTMU and God
* ABCNEWS.com chat transcript
* *Noesis* - for CTMU discussion, see issues 44-46, 57-59, 62-63, and 76
* MegaBoard Discussions/ CTMU Forum - (Audiobook Version)
	+ A Dialogic Response to an Atheist
	+ Discussion with CTMU Conference Members
	+ Discussion on the Ultranet List
	+ Discussion with a Mega Society East Member
	+ Discussion at the utne cafe Discussion at the Utne Cafe
	+ Dialogue between Christopher Michael Langan and Russell Fred Vaughan, Ph.D.
* Colloquy discussions (CML = Langan)
	+ Intelligence: Meaning and Measurements
	+ God, the Universe, and Theories of Everything
	+ On Nagarjuna and the Heart Sutra
	+ Altered States and Psi Phenomena (Part One)
	+ Altered States and Psi Phenomena (Part Two)
	+ On Society and Socialization
	+ Depression, Genetics, and Brain Physiology
	+ Survival Issues of the Twenty-first Century
* ISCID discussions - (Audiobook Version)
	+ Cosmogony, Holography and Causality
	+ Critical Questions
	+ CTMU and the Axiom of Choice
	+ Evolutionary Intelligence
	+ Karl D. Stephan: Tegmark’s Parallel Universes: A Challenge to Intelligent Design?
	+ On Progress, Readdressing Reality Theory, & Information in the Holographic Universe
	+ Organisms using GAs vs. Organisms being built by GAs
	+ T-Duality Universe
	+ Virtues of Scientists
	+ ISCID Live Moderated Chat 08/21/2002: Christopher Langan
* Blog Discussions -
	+ Two For One: Crackpot Physics and Crackpot Set Theory
	+ Another Crank comes to visit: The Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe
	+ Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter This Thread
	+ Langan’s “Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe” on Ben Goertzel's blog, October 2015 (scroll down for Langan's reply)

## Audio/Video

* TV, radio, and online media
	+ Morris, Errol. (August 14, 2001). "The Smartest Man in the World" (part 1, part 2, part 3). *First Person*.
	+ Preston, Ray. (November 15, 2006). "Meet the Smartest Man in America". *KMOV*.
	+ Antonia, Maria. (April 30, 2007). "Smartest Man In America Lives In Missouri". *KMBC*.
	+ Mosley, Michael. (February 10, 2009). "Make Me... Smart" *BBC*.
	+ Simone, Rob. (December 28, 2012). "Mind & Reality". *Coast to Coast AM*.
	+ Jay T. (July 15, 2014). "World's Smartest Man Speaks Out!" (YouTube version) *The People Speak*. BBS Radio.
	+ Rick Montgomery (October 12, 2016). "Trump towers in Missouri’s Mercer County, which favors The Donald" *The Kansas City Star*.
	+ Dixon, Tom. (July 20, 2017). "Conversations: Spike Jonze and Christopher Langan". *Multiplex*.
	+ Finley, Louis. (July 28, 2017). "Heartland theorist finding God". *KTVO*.
	+ Marshall, Drew. (October 20, 2018). "Christopher Langan — Proving the Existence of God". *The Drew Marshall Show*.
	+ Patterson, Steve. (March 24, 2019). "The Highest IQ in America | Christopher Langan. *Patterson in Pursuit.*

* YouTube channels
	+ metaReligion - interviews and excerpts from CTMU teleconferences
	+ CTMUart - animations inspired by the CTMU
	+ Siagos - text-to-speech of Langan's writings

## Mega Society/Mega Foundation's Journals

* "Noesis-E" (Mega Society)
* "Ubiquity" (Mega Foundation)

## Media coverage

* Brabham, Dennis. (August 21, 2001) "The Smart Guy". *Newsday.*
* Gladwell, Malcolm. (2008) *Outliers: The Story of Success.* Little, Brown and Company. [Chapters 3 and 4 discuss Langan and mention the CTMU.]
* Grossman, Lev (2008) *"Outliers: Malcolm Gladwell's Success Story".* TIME.
* Langton, James "Excerpt from an Interview with Chris Langan". *London Sunday Telegraph.*
* Larsson, Mats (January 12, 2000) "Smartest in the world". *Dagbladet* (*Note: this article was written in Norwegian*)
* McFadden, Cynthia (December 9, 1999) "The Smart Guy". *20/20*.
* O'Connell, Jeff (May 2001). "Mister Universe". *Muscle & Fitness*. (*Note: use the red arrows to skim through the article*)
* Quain, John R. (October 14, 2001) "Wise Guy". *Popular Science*.
* Ramp. "Chris Langan - the smartest guy in the world". *Ramp* (*Note: this article was written in Swedish*)
* Sager, Mike. (November 1999) "The Smartest Man in America". *Esquire*.
* *SuperScholar* (December 16, 2010) "Christopher M. Langan Interview". *SuperScholar*.
* UltraBoard. (January 9, 2000) "Interview with Christopher Michael". *Ultranet.*
* Wigmore, Barry (February 7, 2000) "Einstein's brain, King Kong's body". *The Times*.

## Related material

Work by Chris Langan which does not discuss the CTMU directly, but has connections to it.

* Langan, Christopher M. Zen and the Art of the Deal.
* Langan, Christopher M. Brains as Models of Intelligence.
* Langan, Christopher M. (2000). "Paradox Resolved: The Kraitchik and 2-Envelopes Paradoxes". *Ubiquity*.
* Langan, Christopher M. (2000). "The Resolution of Economic Paradox: Toward a Theory of Economic Relativity".
* Langan, Christopher M. (2001). "Self-Reference, and Computational Complexity" from *Noesis-E*, Vol. 1, no. 1

## Other & Non-related resources

* "On Ayn Rand's Philosophy". - by Christopher Michael Langan

* "Anthrax and the Common Man: Forewarned is Forearmed". - by Christopher Michael Langan

* "On High-Ceiling Intelligence Tests". - by Christopher Michael Langan

* "The State of the HIQ World: Genius versus Academia". - by Christopher Michael Langan

* "IQ, IEQ and Intelligence". - by Christopher Michael Langan

* "ViloX Search On The Fly Technology". - An Overview by Christopher M. Langan

* "Discussions on Genius and Intelligence" - Mega Foundation Interview with Arthur Jensen

* "The Church of Teleology of Multiplex Unity", a nonprofit religious-purpose corporation founded by Langan on 1993 and currently dormant (as mentioned here).

* Un-official CTMU continuity website

* Mega Foundation Links

* “By Way of Explanation” by C.M. Langan

* “Which came first...” by C.M. Langan

* “Millennium Mouse: An Ecological Parable” by C.M. Langan

* “The Global Consciousness Project: An Interview with Roger Nelson” by Gina Lynne LoSasso and Christopher Michael Langan

* "Explaining the CTMU (Cognitive Theoretic Model Of The Universe)." by Lardplanet

* "Explaining the Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe (CTMU) part 2: Mind equals Reality." by Lardplanet

* "On Langan’s Theory Of Theories." by Latour, Pierre R.