William M. Briggs

The gender wars have been with us since we invented the term 'orientation', which separated man from his biology, and replaced it with Fantasy. This column, which ran originally on…

This was the speech I delivered on Saturday, 2 November 2025, at the True Grit Summit, held in Fort Smith, Arkansas. If and when the video becomes available, I'll post…

Now is the time to bring it to the enemy. Consolidate the victory. I volunteer to be the Science Advisor. Or Advisor for the Official Advisor. My platform (in brief).…

Half the country will be unhappy late tonight. Or in a few days, when the last of the new votes are "discovered". Yet be of good cheer! This was all…

Jaynes's book (first part): https://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/prob/book.pdf Permanent class page: https://www.wmbriggs.com/class/ Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science Link to all Classes. Jaynes's book (first part): Video https://videopress.com/v/kidECJUZ?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Links: YouTube Twitter…

I have loathed Tim Walz since the covid panic. He embraced hersterical models, and used the excuse they were The Science to grab power. Briefly, in May 2020, as you'll…

My dear readers, this can be disturbing material. It is, after all, the description of a non-comedic unsettling zombie movie. If you dislike such things, please do not read further.…

Here's a graph which I entitle Gradually Then Suddenly (ladies, try not to swoon over my astonishing artistic gifts): If you're a classicist you might prefer the title Motus In…