William M. Briggs

New CDC Report Shows How “The Science” Is Done Today: Badly

"Wait two weeks," the political appointee who heads the CDC said, repeating the Safety First Mantra. "Wear your masks and the Dreaded Delta will subside. Our new The Science, which…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: The Filioque I

Previous post. Arguments over the filioque, the arguments about which begin this week, divide the Church. That is unfortunate, regardless which side you take. Why argue irreconcilably over a mystery…

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A Note On Mathematical Axioms (With Regard To Sizes Of Infinity)

This isn't easy going, but there's a story out, with a very good write up in Quanta, on mathematical axioms, as they apply to different sizes of infinity. Key paragraph:…

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Proof Probability & Statistics & AI Don’t Discover Cause

Everybody has read, or seen adaptations of, Bram Stocker's documentation of Dracula, the undead count, unlate of Transylvania. From these pages and films, we all know how to kill a…

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Chimp Out Blamed On Global Cooling

Here's a story you didn't see coming, but should have, given how easily Experts are persuaded by other Experts to believe in each others' Expertology. Headline: "Chimps are spotted ganging…

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The Five+ Waves Of COVID Explained; Vexxination Tyranny; Why They Stopped Reporting Deaths; More! — Coronavirus Update LXXXI

Our Global Rulers' Motto: Science created the coronadoom, and Science will cure it. Trust The Science! Do not miss the last and most important section this week. It explains the…

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Media Blames Heatwave On Global Warming: I Say Nope

Okay, hold the emails. I changed the title to "global warming." I used "global cooling" originally only because it irritates to a great extent the ignorant who are always chanting…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Understanding The Trinity XIV

Previous post. Why the Holy Ghost is God. AN ANSWER TO THE ARGUMENTS GIVEN ABOVE AGAINST THE DIVINITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 1 One must now answer the arguments previously…

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Douglas Adams had been laughing at physicists and "Quantum Computing" two years before Yuri Manin and Richard Feynman thought it…
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@Uncle Mike Stop bitching. RFK is a flat improvement because of his stance on vaccines alone. His skepticism towards the…
BadThinker on Mark Twain On The Dictatorship Of HealthNovember 24, 2024
And of course Health now also means "medically assisted dying" for those deemed unfit or sad or too white.
Uncle Mike on Mark Twain On The Dictatorship Of HealthNovember 23, 2024
I wish to be clear. I don't need RFKJ or anybody else telling me what I may or may not…
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I think it was Twain who said that if you don't maintain at least a few bad habits to get…

William M. Briggs

Class 30: Hypothesis Testing Stinks I

Mark Twain On The Dictatorship Of Health

The Impossibilities Of Quantum Computing

What Science Can Say About Vaccines: And What It Can’t Say

Bad Predictions Mean Bad Models, Even If You’re A Distinguished Expert

Class 29: Nothing Has A Distribution

Women Let Him Win — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Trends In Wokeness & Girlbossery In Science

Prominent Academic Asks: When And How Did Statistics Lose Its Way?

Fixing College: Hit Them In The Money, Replace Their Prestige

Class 28: Randomization Redux (Randomization Does Nothing)

If We Are What We Sexually Desire, How About These Curious People?

What The Covid Panic Did To Science

We Win

See You On The Other Side

Class 27: Probability Is In Your Mind, Not Things

How Tim Walz Did Not Know Models Only Say What They’re Told To Say

Hell On Earth: 1978’s Zombie Apocalypse ‘Dawn Of The Dead’ Reviewed

The Decline Of Western Christianity: Gradually Then Suddenly

The Science Of Transitioning Children

Class 26: Randomization Does Nothing

Class 30: Hypothesis Testing Stinks I

Mark Twain On The Dictatorship Of Health

New CDC Report Shows How “The Science” Is Done Today: Badly

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Filioque I

A Note On Mathematical Axioms (With Regard To Sizes Of Infinity)

Proof Probability & Statistics & AI Don’t Discover Cause

Chimp Out Blamed On Global Cooling

The Five+ Waves Of COVID Explained; Vexxination Tyranny; Why They Stopped Reporting Deaths; More! — Coronavirus Update LXXXI

Media Blames Heatwave On Global Warming: I Say Nope

Summary Against Modern Thought: Understanding The Trinity XIV

There Is No Culture Without Inequality: Stove 1

Impose Your Beliefs Before They Impose Theirs

Telekinesis: Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification

The Physics Of Blessings: Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification