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Jaden Smith, the 17-year-old son of actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, has revealed his philosophical views on Twitter and in interviews.

Now, he’s decided to compile his thoughts on the world and society into a collection of philosophical essays.

A friend of Smith’s revealed to Us Weekly that “Jaden sees himself as a modern-day prophet and is working on a collection of essays. They’re new takes on string theory and chaos theory, but more mystical.”

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The source also added that “Jaden thinks he has spiritual ties to people in other dimensions and galaxies, and they are helping him write.”

Sounds a bit out-there, right?

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Smith has said in the past that he doesn’t mind when people call him crazy, because, as he told GQ in an interview: “They thought Galileo was crazy, too, you know what I’m saying?”