William M. Briggs

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…

Culture

Ignorant Brat Greta Thunberg Calls For & Walks Back Lining Her Enemies Up Against The Wall

I saw on Twitter a well-intentioned, normally rational priest say he was sad, right before he admonished Trump, because he, Trump, dared to tease ignorant brat Greta Thunberg. She was…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Sin In Demons

Previous post. Thanks to many generous readers, we have many new sources! We're back! ARGUMENTS WHEREBY IT SEEMS TO BE PROVED THAT THERE CAN BE NO SIN IN DEMONS 1…

Culture

The Week In Doom — Disney/Marvel Cash In On Perversion Edition

Item World's first human composting site to open The world's first funeral home dedicated to composting human beings is set to open in 2021 -- allowing those left behind to…

Statistics

Forget Priors!

From Bill Raynor: Hello Matt, You like to discuss P(Y|M) a lot, but haven't spent much time talking about the practical construction of that. A topic I'd like to see:…

BDavi52 on I Don’t Want Immigrants Is All The Reason I NeedJanuary 21, 2025
The 'Xenophobic Argument' is the most interesting, because it is both the easiest to make and the most inherently flawed.…
Cary Cotterman on I Don’t Want Immigrants Is All The Reason I NeedJanuary 21, 2025
The argument I usually get is "compassion". The thing is, I just don't care. Too bad, so sad. I have…
Johnno on I Don’t Want Immigrants Is All The Reason I NeedJanuary 21, 2025
BRIGGS YOU XENOFOOL! You don't want immigrants, do you???!!! Well, I don't want NEIGHBORS!!! Not in my apartment condominium, not…
Brian (bulaoren) on I Don’t Want Immigrants Is All The Reason I NeedJanuary 21, 2025
Thank you Briggs, for your pithy statements, though I fear that most Latin-American migrants would have trouble pronouncing "pithy"... pensular…
Paul Murphy on I Don’t Want Immigrants Is All The Reason I NeedJanuary 21, 2025
I both agree and disagree. Yes, citizens own their countries (well, in the U.S.; in Canada and most of the…

William M. Briggs

I Don’t Want Immigrants Is All The Reason I Need

Class 35: The Grand Scheme: All Of Probability & Uncertainty In 30 Minutes

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Surgeon General Demands Label War Against Wine

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Sin In Demons

The Week In Doom — Disney/Marvel Cash In On Perversion Edition

Forget Priors!

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