William M. Briggs

How about this breathless article title from JAMA (thanks to Stephen Shipman): "Medical Schools Are Updating Their Curricula as Climate Change Becomes Impossible to Ignore". "Climate change" is indeed impossible…

You will have heard that to be English is now classed as a mere accident of birth. Accordingly, rulers who happen to accidentally be, at least at this moment, on…

One reason there is so much Bad Science, as I have said many times, is that there is too much science. Rather, too much activity in the name of science.…

Jaynes's book (first part): https://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/prob/book.pdf Permanent class page: https://www.wmbriggs.com/class/ Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science Link to all Classes. Jaynes's book (first part): Video https://videopress.com/v/DolQqkWO?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Links: YouTube Twitter…

If you're short of time, and agree about the evils of Equality, skip right to the end. A proud Norwegian translates the words of her king: "Norwegians are girls who…

Two coincidences today, which I believe fall into our two classes. Though, of course, as you will see by the end, my classifications can be disputed. Recall what the classes…

Mornin'. "Good morning!" New to the neighborhood, eh? "You bet. We moved in just over a week ago." Well, welcome. It's a great area, as I'm sure you know. Place…

Here is the opening sentence in the Abstract of a paper in the NEJM, as hilariously false as you are like to see these days: "Violence against women receives little…