William M. Briggs

Coronavirus Update IX: End Game—Will Politicians Double Down On Fear Or End It?

All the good stuff, caveats, code, data sources and explanations are linked, some in Update III, and the most important in Update II, Update IV, Update V, Update VI, Update…

Culture

Resist Corona Tyranny!

World War II buffs will recall the story where General Patton, about the launch a counter-offensive in the Battle of the Bulge, was called into Eisenhower's office. With Ike was…

Fun

Israeli Police Attempt Arrest Of White-Robed Man For Violating Social Distancing Guidelines

Jerusalem -- Israelis police attempted to arrest a man they found emerging from a small cave outside the city earlier today. The arrest did not go as planned, however, as…

Statistics

Mini-Coronavirus Update: The Blamestorm Is On Its Way: Fauci Walkback

Apologies to regular readers, but I got real busy the past few days. So just a mini-update on our model, which will be useful for making a couple of small…

Philosophy

The Best Decision For A Doctor Might Not Be Yours

Probably for the shock value, news outlets are quoting this odd doctor, Ezekiel Emanuel, who, the title promises us, says "U.S. Must Stay Locked Down For 12-18 Months Until There's…

Statistics

More On Coronavirus Model Accuracy

This post is mainly for me to have a place to collect model accuracy stories. If you see ones I missed, please add them to the comments. https://twitter.com/brithume/status/1247666625958023168 Yesterday I…

Statistics

Coronavirus Update VIII: Blown Forecasts & Peak Performance

All the good stuff, caveats, code, data sources and explanations are linked, some in Update III, and the most important in Update II, Update IV, Update V, Update VI, Update…

Culture

Neighbor Turning On Neighbor: A World Of Rats

We haven't reached communist-level cut throat levels. But neither have we the peace we had a mere two months ago. Neighbor is already turning on neighbor, rating them out for…

hudbwu on Facing The Inevitable — Guest Post by Uncle MikeNovember 28, 2024
> but how can Islam worship the same God as Christians Because they searched existence for the Ultimate and they…
hudbwu on Facing The Inevitable — Guest Post by Uncle MikeNovember 28, 2024
> It is an odd truth that whenever libs do stupid stuff they turn out to be relying on the…
John Pate on Facing The Inevitable — Guest Post by Uncle MikeNovember 28, 2024
Nukes are as fake and gay as the moon landings. You guys are drinking too much Kool-aid for all your…
C-Marie on Facing The Inevitable — Guest Post by Uncle MikeNovember 28, 2024
Vatican II and Pope John Paul II, declared that Islam worships the same God asChristians do because Islam says there…
AAPS News November 2024 – A Change In Direction? – AAPS | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons on What The Covid Panic Did To ScienceNovember 27, 2024
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William M. Briggs

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

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

Facing The Inevitable — Guest Post by Uncle Mike

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

Coronavirus Update IX: End Game—Will Politicians Double Down On Fear Or End It?

Resist Corona Tyranny!

Israeli Police Attempt Arrest Of White-Robed Man For Violating Social Distancing Guidelines

Mini-Coronavirus Update: The Blamestorm Is On Its Way: Fauci Walkback

The Best Decision For A Doctor Might Not Be Yours

More On Coronavirus Model Accuracy

Coronavirus Update VIII: Blown Forecasts & Peak Performance

Neighbor Turning On Neighbor: A World Of Rats

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