William M. Briggs

Most Controversial Book Of The Decade Coming Early 2020!

Spread good cheer, the book is here! Well, not here, but it's on its way. I have decided to bring " [MYSTERY TITLE] " out myself (title reveal coming soon).…

Philosophy Statistics

All Of The Supposed Paradoxes About The Principle Of Indifference Are Bogus

Here is an example of a supposed paradox caused by using Keyne's Principle of Indifference, which Stove and others (and myself) call the Statistical Syllogism (itself deduced from the symmetry…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: How Demons Sin

Previous post. The way demons sin is constrained, and has to do with who they would follow. THAT SIN CAN OCCUR IN DEMONS, AND IN WHAT WAY 1 However, that…

Culture

The Week In Doom — USS Harvey Milk Edition

Item The Navy made Harvey Milk resign for being gay. Now they’re going to name a ship after him. By the time Harvey Milk's supervisors in the U.S. Navy officially…

Statistics

Anti-Christian JK Rowling Attacked By Lunatics When She Defends Woman Who Claimed Reality Of Sex

On the same day the ACLU invented the term "menstrual equity", here's what JK Rowling said, quoted in case her tweet is deleted: Dress however you please. Call yourself whatever…

Culture

What’s Going On, Israel?

These were all Doom items, but there were so many of the same theme I grouped them as one post. Item Israel bars Gaza's Christians from visiting Bethlehem and Jerusalem…

Class Statistics

The Predictive Way Is The Only Way In Statistics: Sick Cow Edition

What is the purpose of modeling? There can be only two. The first is to say what happened, to explain. But in order to do this one must first assume…

Statistics

Science Retracts Paper That Claimed Black Babies Born Smaller Because Of Police Violence

See this peer-reviewed, but then-retracted, paper "Police violence and the health of black infants" by some person calling his- or herself Joscha Legewie? After it was peer reviewed by knowledgeable…

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…

William M. Briggs

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

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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)

Class 31: How Views Diverge With New Evidence

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