Culture – Page 152 – William M. Briggs

FiveThirtyEight Weighs In With Some Odd Affirmative Action Statistics

FiveThirtyEight ran the piece "Here's What Happens When You Ban Affirmative Action In College Admissions" that ran some dicey stats. Affirmative Action is, as all know, the practice of rewarding…

Culture Philosophy

I Self-Identify As The Yak King

Person I know was attending recently a mandatory training session at a well known university. Session was led by trainers not themselves employees of the university, folks who self-identified as…

Culture Statistics

Odds That a Panel Would ‘Randomly’ Be All Men?

There are no such thing as the "odds" a panel would be "randomly" all men. Yet The Atlantic thinks there could be, and so does a fellow named Greg Martin,…

Culture

Stream: Climate Circus, Climate Clowns at #COP21

Update Tell me: are we getting sick of discussing this topic, or what? It seems that, as is sane and rational, most of us would rather move on to something…

Culture

Memo to GOP Presidential Hopefuls (Who Aren’t Named Trump). Guest Post by The BB

Mr Editor says: note the name of the author. Dear GOP Presidential Hopeful, You are probably wondering why your campaign isn't turning out as well as you expected. Up to…

Culture

Stream—This Week In Doom: Women In Combat Edition

Today's post is at The Stream: "Women In All Combat Roles Necessarily Means a Weaker Military." Reality suffered another defeat Thursday, routed by the forces of Political Correctness. The army…

Culture

The Real Reason For The Paris Global Warming Talks #COP21

Today's post is again at The Stream: The Real Reason For The Paris Global Warming Talks #COP21.. Many are asking, "Why are they holding this global warming conference now, after…

Culture

Stream: Most Idiotic Aspects of the Paris Global Warming Conference

We're already sick to death of global warming. If it were up to me, I'd never write about it again. There are far more interesting subjects. But, our dear leaders…

Paul Fischer on Class 34: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology IIIJanuary 13, 2025
Should have been cause William. Still dazed by your powerful presentation. All of which is 100% true I might add.
Paul Fischer on Class 34: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology IIIJanuary 13, 2025
Let me guess...forth of July parade "causes" children to become republicans. Hmm......
Johnno on Environmental Experts To Rip Out Trees, Build Solar Electric Plant In Snow Belt To “Save The Environment”January 12, 2025
The climate gaveth in abundance, but gub'mint saeth, "Nay!", yet proceedth to say, "the climate never giveth, but instead hath…
FRIDAY AFTERNOON EDITION | BIG PULPIT on England’s Rulers Insist Natives Must Assimilate To “Migrants”January 11, 2025
[…] Punditry, and Analysis:Au Revoir, Justin Trudeau – The Editors at National Catholic RegisterEngland’s Rulers Insist Natives Must Assimilate To…
Ramandeep on Class 2: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: Quid Est VeritasJanuary 11, 2025
Dear Prof. Briggs, You are right that when we are uncertain about a certain proposition, we don't know whether it…