William M. Briggs

I Was Wrong: An Official Apology

The Bishops in their safety-first, safety-last! wisdom---and there is no man wiser than a modern American Bishop---have banned the public from mass, and from the confessional. Unless the penitent is…

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Coronavirus Update VII — We’ve Got Models (Update)

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, and…

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Stay Inside Or Die!

Main coronavirus update on Tuesday, as usual. To keep that a reasonable size, I'm moving material on the overreaction here, in our Week In Doom fashion. Item Former UK Prime…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Marriage Is One Man, One Woman

Previous post. No sharing. THAT MATRIMONY SHOULD BE BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN 1 It seems, too, that we should consider how it is inborn in the minds of…

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Perspective On The Coronavirus: Sanity Check

Regular readers: no post on Saturday. Here's a nifty plot showing the percent of the world's population rubbed out by various epidemics. The percent population makes sense as a natural…

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Curse of The MINIMAX!

Make a list of things that might happen. Label this list X_1, X_2, X_3, ..., X_p, where "p" is for possibility. Each of these X_i is a thing that can…

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Who Will Be The Democrat Party’s Surprise Candidate? — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

https://twitter.com/ZoomerClips/status/1242690484771807232 Remember the guy in the picture heading this post? I've shown him to you before. Can't see him? Well, keep looking at it. But don't try and focus. Just…

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Coronavirus Update VI — Calm Yourselves

All the good stuff, caveats, code, and explanations are linked, some in Update III, and the most important in Update II, Update IV, Update V, and Bayes Theorem & Coronavirus,…

Uncle Mike on More On Monkeys Typing Shakespeare & Why Chance Isn’t EnoughJanuary 15, 2025
What's the probability of Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, aka RuBisCo, arising by chance from the Primordial Goo? RuBisCo is the enzyme that…
Jim Fedako on More On Monkeys Typing Shakespeare & Why Chance Isn’t EnoughJanuary 15, 2025
Sorry, Briggs. I’ve watched enough new TV shows and movies, plus read enough social media posts, to know there are…
Johnno on More On Monkeys Typing Shakespeare & Why Chance Isn’t EnoughJanuary 15, 2025
But a finite number of monkeys voting an infinite amount of times will eventually produce utopia, right?
Robert Sides on Register Your Predictions For 2025!January 15, 2025
1. After more State fascism, a European nation will face a largely populist overthrow after a Solidarity (Polish) sized upheaval.…
Cary Cotterman on More On Monkeys Typing Shakespeare & Why Chance Isn’t EnoughJanuary 15, 2025
Insider info says a roomful of chimps write Kamala Harris's public utterances. All the superhero movie scripts of the past…

William M. Briggs

More On Monkeys Typing Shakespeare & Why Chance Isn’t Enough

Surgeon General Demands Label War Against Wine

Class 34: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology III

England’s Rulers Insist Natives Must Assimilate To “Migrants”

Experts: Please Begin Panicking Over Bird Flu. Us: No. Experts: (Sob)

Environmental Experts To Rip Out Trees, Build Solar Electric Plant In Snow Belt To “Save The Environment”

Class 33: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology II

Register Your Predictions For 2025!

Happy New Year!

How Did We Do In Our 2024 Predictions?

Hot New The Science: Kids Are Having Climate Emotions

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 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)

More On Monkeys Typing Shakespeare & Why Chance Isn’t Enough

Surgeon General Demands Label War Against Wine

I Was Wrong: An Official Apology

Coronavirus Update VII — We’ve Got Models (Update)

Stay Inside Or Die!

Summary Against Modern Thought: Marriage Is One Man, One Woman

Perspective On The Coronavirus: Sanity Check

Curse of The MINIMAX!

Who Will Be The Democrat Party’s Surprise Candidate? — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Coronavirus Update VI — Calm Yourselves

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