William M. Briggs

The Real Cause Of Climate Grief

Nicolas Gomez Davila said "Cultures dry out when their religious ingredients evaporate." If you want an example of extreme religious desiccation, then look no further than some fruitcake boasting he…

Statistics

The Mathematical Trick Guaranteed To Win You A Nobel Prize

My friends, the title is not hyperbole. The scheme I present below will work. But it will require some hard work to get there. Which is only proper, since we…

Fun

Register Your Predictions For 2024!

My Dear Friends and Despised Enemies, Happy New Year. As has been our tradition these many years, it’s time to register our predictions for the coming year. We looked at…

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

My Dearest Supporters, Loyal Readers & Despised Enemies, As I said the other day, 2023 was a Transition Year. Things happened, events occurred, but none of these events had the…

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How Did We Do In Our 2023 Predictions? Lousy

As usual, we had many predictions for 2023, too many to list them all. As before, I’ll only highlight the best, or worst, or funniest forecast every entrant gave. For…

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Making Up Data To Prove Models?

There is this idea in statistics called the "bootstrap." The idea is not crazy, but it's not quite right either. Works like this: data comes in, and usually some parameterized…

Culture

The Futile Assault Against Reality By The Undead Woke Army Ramps Up

Here is a picture of a California birth certificate. A birth certificate is bureaucratic paperwork the Regime uses, in this instance, to further its futile war against Reality. Many of…

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I don't think Briggs has a problem with women just the manner in which they have been weaponized to destroy…
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If my French fries come out cold, does that make me a victim?
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JH, Riker would say anything to get laid.
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Briggs, Riker supports Troi’s ambition to become a commander. Maybe we are talking about different Rikers.
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A number of people have made the observation that you can reliably predict the future prestige and income of a…

William M. Briggs

Women Celebrate As Their Chance To Become A Victim On Campus Just Skyrocketed

Bipartisan Means The Fix Is In

Class 3: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: Belief & Faith

The Week In Doom: The Distraction Of Truth Edition

William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – Thorinquiry

Winning Is Losing: Yarvin vs Rufo. Added: Was NatCon A Victory?

Why I Don’t Want To Be Made To Support Israel

Class 2: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: Quid Est Veritas

The Week In Doom: Follow The Science Edition

MRI Claims 92% Accuracy Predicting Sexual “Orientation”. My Schmengee Mediscan 3000™ Beats It

Science Proves Isaac Newton Doesn’t Even Break Into Top 8,000 All Time Greatest Scientists

Look! Up In The Sky! It’s BIRD FLU!

Class 1: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: Logic Teaser

Triumphant Return of The Week In Doom! Birth Prevention Edition

Artificial Intelligence and Irrational Fears — Guest Post by Jim Fedako

Did Republicans Report More Vax Adverse Events? How Not To Do Statistics

Never Safety First

Changes & Announcing The Uncertainty Probability Science Statistics Class

Christ Is Risen

It Should Be Illegal To Question, Ridicule, Downplay or Deny The Resurrection

Our Rulers Are Insane