William M. Briggs

Summary Against Modern Thought: Only God Can Create

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. We've proved…

Culture Fun

Reader Questions About Men’s Fashion

Dr. Briggs, I just reread your post "Top 10 Men's fashion rules" and it has much more meaning to me now that I am a bit older and more 'professional'…

Philosophy

It from bit: What about God? Guest Post by Bob Kurland

Editor's note: See Kurland's page for an extended version of this article, with references. 'It from bit' symbolizes the idea that every item of the physical world has at bottom---at…

Culture

Canada Slipping Fast Back Into Paganism: “Doctors” Ordered To Kill

The slogan in Canada will soon be Whatever you do, don't go to the "doctor". You might not make it out alive. Yeoman Wesley Smith reports "Canada Proposes Forcing Doctors…

Culture

Feminist Physics Begets Feminist Glaciology

Remember when we talked about feminist physics a couple of months back? We discovered that the term meant not studying how things move, but thinking about how we feel about…

Statistics

American Statistical Association Statement On Statistical Significance & P-values, With My Comments

Editorial Note: I had this originally scheduled to go Monday, but due to Stream's Creatorgate piece showing up yesterday, I delayed this by a day. I think I only have…

Culture Philosophy

Stream: #Creatorgate. Scientists Say ‘The Creator’ Designed The Human Hand, Biologists Go Ape.

Today's post is at the Stream: #Creatorgate: Scientists Say 'The Creator' Designed The Human Hand, Biologists Go Ape. Who are the most dogmatic, inflexible, reactionary, unforgiving, monomaniacal set of people…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: No Body Can Create

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. We've finally…

Tars Tarkas on Happy Birthday to USJuly 2, 2026
Our 250th birthday isn't for another 13 years in 2039. It's been 250 years since Independence Day, but we had…
Brian (bulaoren) on Happy Birthday to USJuly 2, 2026
I arranged to stretch out my studies so that I would still be in Montreal for the 1976 Olympic games.…
Tars Tarkas on Happy Birthday to USJuly 2, 2026
Your area didn't have UHF channels in 1976? I was just a boy, but I do remember afternoon cartoons on…
Michael D on Happy Birthday to USJuly 2, 2026
I watched the count at a friend's house but at home Mom determined what was watched so...
John Pate on Never Use Or Trust P-values (Pagan-Values)July 1, 2026
Never mind P values, follow the money.

William M. Briggs

Happy Birthday to US

Never Use Or Trust P-values (Pagan-Values)

Musk Doges Deaths: Researchers Say USAID Absence Kills Kills Kills!

The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David Stove

Marbles!

Class 92: Simple Optimal Decisions: PSA & Cancer Example

Math Is Epistemic Violence, Says Lady Academic

Truly Random Numbers Found?

Class 91: Try Not To Use the ROC Curve & AUC

Climate Change Increases Risk of Even Slower World Cup Games!

The Ultimate IQ Test: Guessing the Author’s Mind and Escaping the Infinity of Answers

Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?

No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke Coders

How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?

Class 90: Simple (Optimal) Decisions

Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living Longer

Blessed Memorial Day; No Class; See You Wednesday

Why There Are (Probably) No UFOs: “Climate Change”

Creating Microbial Monsters To Terrorize Ourselves

Class 89: The Measure Most Modelers Forget: Skill Examples

The Shocking Conclusion of the HR Trilemma!