William M. Briggs

The Debate: A Key Moment In The History Of Comedy. Plus Predictions

How's this prediction from 6 October 2023 looking? Here's the link to the original: blog, Substack. Of course, it might not happen. Biden's ravening ego and criminal history (and thus…

Statistics

Is This The Dumbest Science Ever?

If this isn't the dumbest science ever, it's close. The peer-reviewed paper is "The effect of temperature on language complexity: Evidence from seven million parliamentary speeches" by Risto Conte Keivabu…

Philosophy

Impose Your Beliefs Before They Impose Theirs

Headline from MSN: "Jewish senators alarmed by Alito’s pro-Christian agenda". Jewish Democratic senators are alarmed by conservative Justice Samuel Alito’s sympathy for basing government on Christian principles — something he…

Statistics

The Probability Of Being Accused Of The Hate Crime Of Disparate Impact Approaches 1

You're an employer who has to hire 100 employees to get your Meme Factory running. You'll hire the first 100 who come in the door. Given this information (and what…

Class

Class 11: One Son Born Tuesday & Relevance. Update: Homework Added!

Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science Link to all Classes. Video Links: YouTube Twitter Rumble Bitchute HOMEWORK: RELEVANCE. A psychic is guessing cards from a standard poker deck…

Culture

The Misinformation Dis(mis)course Revisited : The Losing Battle of The Academic Expertocracy — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp

Introduction Some time ago I wrote about The science of fake news. I must confess, I find this misinformation discourse thoroughly boring. Why? Because it reveals the most plebeian of human…

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Life Outside Earth: Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification

SF writes: I’m reading Benedict XVI’s “In the Beginning” and he said something that has me thinking. According to Monod, there is in the universe not only necessity but also…

Statistics

Unleash The Infected Mosquitos!

Experts are harvesting a mutant strain of wolbachia bacteria, infecting male mosquitos with it, and then releasing those infected male mosquitoes into Hawaiian airspace, in the hopes that these infected…

Bernard Carlisle on Merry Christmas!December 26, 2024
Great parting shot on the “Santa Math” episode: “Come back if you want to hear about the Easter Bunny”. Always…
McChuck on Merry Christmas!December 26, 2024
A very merry Christmas to all!
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Merry Christmas!!!
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Merry Christmas Matt, to you and to yours. and Jesus" precious love to us all and all of our families…
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John 1:5 - And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

William M. Briggs

Merry Christmas!

The Lesson Scientists Never Learn

House Cramnibus Funds New Follow-The-Science Panics

Probability Puzzle Paradox: Which Boxes To Take?

As Woke Falls, What Rises?

Class 32: The Evils, Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology I (All Should Read)

Who’s Better at Playing Doctor, Boys Or Girls?

How The Enlightenment Led To Contraception (And Other Forms of Anti-Natal Behavior)

Science Model Told To Say Masks Work Discovers Masks Work

In Which Feynman Makes A Mistake: Negative Probabilities (Used In AI, QM, Finance)

Class 31: How Views Diverge With New Evidence

Ridley Claims Materialists, Atheists, & Secular Humanists Don’t Preach

What Health Insurance Should Be, But Isn’t

England Voted To Have Doctors Kill Their Patients

Emergence Is Substance; Entanglement Is Substance: Science Is Healing

The Advent Of Lousy Music

Russia’s New Paradigm — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Old Lodge Skins’ Prayer Of Thanksgiving

Facing The Inevitable — Guest Post by Uncle Mike

How To Read The Paper Claiming Semaglutide Reduces Cardiomyocyte Size and Cardiac Mass

Class 30: Hypothesis Testing Stinks I

Merry Christmas!

The Lesson Scientists Never Learn

The Debate: A Key Moment In The History Of Comedy. Plus Predictions

Is This The Dumbest Science Ever?

Impose Your Beliefs Before They Impose Theirs

The Probability Of Being Accused Of The Hate Crime Of Disparate Impact Approaches 1

Class 11: One Son Born Tuesday & Relevance. Update: Homework Added!

The Misinformation Dis(mis)course Revisited : The Losing Battle of The Academic Expertocracy — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp

Life Outside Earth: Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification

Unleash The Infected Mosquitos!

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