William M. Briggs

Some libertarian on Twitter said that my arguments against immigration were bad. I hadn't by that time made any, except to point out his utilitarian argument that measles rates had…

Here my friends is the whole of probability and uncertainty, in highlight form. A quick overview of where we have been, what we're doing, and where we're going. All can…

Way back in 2010, I did the Infinite Monkeys theorem, which says an infinite number of monkeys unintelligently whacking away at typewriters would eventually reproduce Shakespeare. But there aren't an…

Warning! Do not hit thumb with hammer. Warning! Do not drink this bottle of cement-cleaning acid. Warning! The hot coffee is hot. Warning! Everything you see, touch, taste, small, or…

Remember! Everybody can and should read Part I. Part III today requires the Class background. Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science Video https://videopress.com/v/rGqKBnKk?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Links: YouTube * Twitter -…

Rampant egalitarianism, i.e. woke, insists all peoples are equal and that only circumstance causes difference. Which, of course, is false. But believed. One consequence of the belief was open-borders welcome-to-all…

There is a well hammered cliche which nails the problem about which an Expert knows only his narrow level of expertise too well, but we avoid all cliches with the…

I wrote the post below before learning the company that wanted the DNR’s land backed out (yesterday); however, the DNR has similar plans for other plots of land (links and…