Chris Langan: Reality as a Mental Hologram

what if I told you that you will persist after you die you're telling me I'm going somewhere yes God is outside of time and space god distributes over time and space and there's some left over time and space is static it's a display imagine that you're a little homunculus inside a computer display like the Matrix for example okay God not only distributes over that but there's a whole other domain where God exists and that's the processing domain that's the non-terminal domain we're living in the display of that simulation in addition to the display there is also a processing aspect okay and God captures both of those things he captures both the display and the processor what is reality is reality just stuff out there no reality has a mental aspect and I'm saying that Consciousness exists in every part of the universe because those are the quantum no that's that's what I'm asking are you telling me that this table is conscious in that sense yes generically conscious are angels and demons real yes God is real angels are real demons are real is the devil real oh yes let me tell you something very important about the man you just saw Chris Langan renowned for his extraordinary intellect with an IQ estimated to be between 195 and 210 he developed the ctmu a revolutionary theory about reality let me briefly explain what it means the ctmu or cognitive theoretic model of the universe suggests that everything in reality from Consciousness to physics to God is interconnected within a system that operates like a self-aware computer processing and displaying information now let's hear Chris Langan explain this in his own words if we're talking about a Theory of Everything the first question we have to establish does God exist yes simple as that yes the reality has an identity okay the identity is that as which something exists matter of fact when you say the word reality you're naming an identity that is you're identifying something this that's what the ctmu says it's just comes up with the mathematical structure that you need to build a reality out of that you see so you come up with that identity and then you search it for its properties you see once you've built the preliminary framework then 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 you can deny the existence of God or are its properties such that God definitely has to exist and the answer is God exists properties of the central substance and Central principle of reality those properties are attributed to God including of course you know things like you have the three O's omnition omnipotence and omnipresence but then you've also got consciousness God has to be sentient we're not just defining God out of existence sometimes you'll hear people uh say God exists and and but they'll give God such a a weak and shallow definition that the god that they're describing has no relation to the god that we conceive of you're saying no God himself is conscious and and therefore personal yes you can establish a personal relationship with God we're images of God you know what an image is it's basically the product of a mapping God Maps himself into each human being is your claim a pantheistic claim that God is the universe or the universe is God and that's that or no or is God outside of the universe and created God is greater than well what is the universe reality has an identity that can be studied like anything else that exists when we examine it we find three main features complete knowledge ultimate power and presence everywhere these exactly match what religions say about God this isn't just a theory God is conscious and aware creating direct connections with humans by putting part of himself into each person this means we can have real relationships with God not just believe in him as an idea the mathematical structure behind this shows that God must exist because reality needs him to work properly he's not just the concept we created but the central force that makes everything possible and keeps it working this leads to a crucial question about how God relates to our universe is God the same thing thing as the universe or is God something bigger that includes but isn't limited to the universe to answer this we need to look at modern theories about how our universe works particularly the simulation hypothesis you ever hear the simulation hypothesis yes okay well the simulation hypothesis is basically the idea that the reality we see around this physical reality is simulated on some sort of an automaton or or a computer God it's more panentheistic the idea is that you've got the physical universe that you see around around you but God is Not confined to the physical Universe okay see there's an ordinary pantheist thinks assumes that God is somehow confined to the universe that there is just what we see around us and God is in every piece of it God is distributed over it yeah but it's uh it's a little bit more complex than that because this part of the universe that we see around us cannot exist just by itself yeah okay there are certain things that it entails and when you go into those entailments that's how you get to God that's how you get to the identity of reality but to get back to the simulation hypothesis that we're living in the display of that simulation in addition to the display there is also a processing aspect and God captures both of those things he captures both of the display and the processor what what do you mean I I hate to put it in in well I mean okay here's the display you realize the display contains States yep okay you see things the objects contain states are static that's why they're called States okay static how do they change well they have to be processed something has to processed yeah yeah yeah and and in the calculus for example those are tiny little infinitesimal intervals okay but they are not actually contained in the states themselves they have a neighborhood a little tangent space or or what have you you know where you can sort of draw little vectors that suggest that some kind of processing is going on but the idea of being a state and being a process those are two different things to the ordinary way of looking at it it turns out that you can't properly describe reality and causation at all unless you put those things together somehow and that's what it takes God to do God provides the processing functionality for your state the universe works in a way similar to a complex computer system with two main parts what we can see and experience the display and what makes everything work behind the scenes the processor this idea comes from the simulation hypothesis which suggests our reality might be like a sophisticated simulation but God is isn't just part of the system he's bigger than it and controls both aspects what makes this understanding unique is that everything we see exists in different states like frozen moments and time these states need something to make them change and move forward and that's where God's role becomes crucial he provides the processing power that makes everything work together not just maintaining the universe but actively participating in its operation this understanding of how reality Works leads us to a deeper question about Consciousness how do we as conscious beings fit into this complex system of display and processing the answer involves something called quantum mechanics and identity operators now how do I how do I make sense of Consciousness well ordinarily Quantum mechan you know what quantization is you know I know the word yeah well you decide what the the ultimate irreducible objects are it turns out that in order to quantize that theory I was talking about that that theory of identity where you've got the display and you've got the processor and it's handling both it turns out that in order to handle both of those things you need a certain kind of quantum that Quantum is called an identity operator God is the identity so obviously these little quanta they have to be they're doing things they're processing so we can call them operators right they are identity operators okay the identity operator has basically it takes input from the outside world recognizing it or accepts it using syntax processes it and then returns it to the world as external state that no that's that's what I'm ask are you telling me that this table is conscious in that sense yes generically conscious it's relying on our Consciousness to do it there's levels of quantum these are tertiary Quant they're all put together using physical localistic forces right but those are underdetermined they don't fully determine what happens why the Heisenberg uncertainty principle for example it tells you that the quantum rules they're probabilistic Consciousness Works through a system of identity operators special elements that take information from the world process it and return it back this isn't just about human consciousness everything has some level of awareness even simple objects like tables the difference is in the levels humans have a more complex form of Consciousness while objects have a simple version what makes this understanding revolutionary is how it connects to Quantum Mechanics where things aren't completely determined but work on probability this means Consciousness isn't just observing reality it's actively participating in it the way we process and interact with reality affects how it manifests this understanding of Consciousness naturally raises questions about free will if everything has some level of Consciousness and nothing is fully determined what does this mean for our ability to make choices now you you've mentioned two things that raise a new question for me which is you mentioned this idea of simulation just the simulation or self simulation and you've mentioned us doing things so then it would seem to me we have to tackle the question do we really do much of anything at all in the sense do we have free will yes we do okay I'm glad to hear it I always thought we did well yes we have to have free will oh I was discussing with you earlier the idea of a fixed array okay yeah all right now modern physics know basically what you've got is you've got a bunch of quantum fields and superposition and then those fields consist of little fluctuations little Quantum fluctuations right reality is actually generative okay it's not a fixed manifold everything is being created all the time not just our states our states are being recreated right when I look at you I'm seeing Michael nolles okay I'm seeing you sitting there but that means that I'm seeing your boundary I'm seeing what distinguishes you from the external environment right right well sort of like a a little baby right has trouble uh recognizing the limits of things and recognizing what some individual object might be from you know the the glass on the table they have trouble distinguishing those precisely y okay the baby has to learn to distinguish those boundaries and it has to receive the right visual cues at the right age so that it can actually learn how to do that y the concept of Free Will is explained through Modern physics and quantum mechanics unlike a fixed predetermined Universe our reality is constantly being created and recreated when we observe something like looking at another person we're not just passively seeing them but actively participating and creating Reality by recognizing boundaries and distinctions what makes this understanding powerful is how it connects to Quantum fields and fluctuations reality isn't like a movie playing out in a predetermined way it's more like a continuous process of creation where we actively participate this explains why babies must learn to distinguish objects and boundaries they're learning to participate in this creative process of reality this view of reality as an active creative process where we have genuine Free Will leads us to question what happens when we die so speaking of this non-terminal domain in a really basic question I'm not going to ask you if I'm going to go to heaven or hell but will I go to either heaven or hell you will persist after you die okay where you go depends on who Michael nolles really is but you're you're telling me I'm going somewhere yes you're confident of that I don't just uh evap it I don't just turn into Oblivion well you can if you displease God that's exactly what's going to happen to you God is going to cut you off and he's going to say I can't see him anymore he's going to turn away from you and then you won't be able to reunite salvation will be impossible for you because salvation means that God has got to pull you back into himself right okay but God doesn't want to see you anymore he doesn't even know you exist he knows your physical body is there but he's not interested anymore because you hate him you deny his existence you offend him so he's not going to look at you right so now what happens well okay you're dead you still want to live there's something in you that still desperately wants to live so it's still going to be there what happens now well you try to create your own world for yourself but if you're a bad person or you're an evil person what kind of world is that going to be it's going to be an evil world and that's what we call hell if we are active participants in creating reality does this participation continue after death the afterlife isn't just a matter of belief it's presented as a logical continuation of Consciousness after death our existence continues but where we go depends entirely on our relationship with God this relationship isn't just about following rules it's about maintaining a connection with the source of reality itself what makes this understanding unique is how it explains hell it's not a place of punishment but a natural consequence of separation from God when someone rejects God they try to create their own reality but without connection to the source of all reality this self-created world reflects their internal state if that state is evil their reality becomes hellish this concept of separation from God and the creation of alternative realities leads to question about other Spiritual Beings and the nature of evil itself so we've gotten through death judgment Heaven and Hell Free Will and God our angels and demons real yes God is real angels are real demons are real is the devil real oh yes yes well it has to be you know we were talking about Michael noes being surrounded by the medium and you know you've got a boundary well God has a boundary too he's got a very tight boundary he's perfect he can't take anything resembling imperfection right he can't take it into himself because that would be a contradiction y okay so God needs an antithesis in order to be properly defined what is that antithesis anti-god or Satan so it definitely exists now Satan isn't coherent because you know he he basically hates existence nevertheless he gains coherence through human beings through secondary Tor as they're called in the ctmu in other words Satan can nucleate power structures for example you know things like corporations and governments where you've got people in there that can be acquired as resources and there's a kind of skeleton you know a corporate organization a governmental you know organization that's holding them together holding them in place that can be exploited by Satan the spiritual realm includes beings like angels and demons but most importantly it explains the necessity of evil through the concept of boundaries God being perfect has absolute boundaries he cannot contain imperfection this necessity for boundaries creates the possibility of an opposite Force represented by Satan what's fascinating is how evil operates Satan isn't powerful on his own but gains strength through human structures and choices unlike God who is complete in himself evil needs human participation to function often working through organized systems like corporations or governments this explains why evil often appears systematic and structured rather than just random or chaotic this understanding brings us full circle to the original question of God's existence showing how the entire structure of reality including both good and evil requires a perfect being at its Center