William M. Briggs

Corruption Of All Authority: An Interim Doom Report

"Any organization not explicitly right-wing sooner or later becomes left-wing." This is, as everybody knows, Conquest's Second Law. It is a true law, as all modern experience shows. But it…

Culture

Mandatory Moral Bioenhancement

Nobody could possibly have foreseen that our beneficent government---which loves us and only wants what is best for us and in no way had anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein's…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Providence’s Plan

Previous post. . HOW THE DISPOSITION OF PROVIDENCE HAS A RATIONAL PLAN 1 From the points set forth above it may be seen clearly that the things which are disposed…

Culture

The Week In Doom — Emasculating Statues Edition

Item City commissioner: Replace male statues in Central Park with women A member of the commission that oversees art and architecture on city property suggested Monday that instead of simply…

Culture

The Ignorant Lead The Misinformed On Strike

It should not be considered hurtful or insulting to call somebody ignorant when this somebody knows naught about the subject on which she is preaching. If even I, for example,…

Statistics

Poor Heat

From our very own Ye Olde Statistician comes the tip, "As Rising Heat Bakes U.S. Cities, The Poor Often Feel It Most", a run-of-the-mill NPR weepie, but with a global…

Statistics

The Epidemiologist (P-value + Ecological) Fallacy Exposed (Video)

Video Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV-IRdTWG2c The Epidemiologist Fallacy marries the Ecological Fallacy with the P-value Fallacy. The Ecological Fallacy is when it is said X causes Y, but X is not measured,…

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Time To Donate!

Time for the semi-annual call to contribute! Do this The best way to ensure the continued existence of this backwater block is to pass on articles that you like, or…

Briggs on Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help RequestedApril 25, 2025
Maypo Horses used to be "bated", i.e. fed. So I guess it means "breath which stinks of eating."
Maypo on Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help RequestedApril 24, 2025
I've never understood the concept of "bated breath", but count me as waiting eagerly.
bruce taylor on Class 47: Billions Of Models!April 24, 2025
There are both brain wave studies (Stanford 2024) and brain chemical studies that point to distinct differences between sexes. These…
Briggs on Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help RequestedApril 24, 2025
Maypo. Excellent question, and one we cover starting next week, if you don't mind waiting. Quick answer: it ain't easy.
Maypo on Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help RequestedApril 24, 2025
Hey Dr. Briggs, I think I generally follow your arguments and agree with them. What I am struggling with is,…

William M. Briggs

Class 47: Billions Of Models!

A New Physics Arises: Irreducible by Federico Faggin Reviewed

Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help Requested

Class 46: Explanation & Abductive Weakness

The Educational Empire Strikes Back

Can Jinn & The Evil Eye Cause Disease?

Science: The Bigger The Hole In The Head, The More Politically Active

Class 45: The False Hope Of Falsification

New Paper Says Flu Vax Increases Chance Of Flu: Let’s Look

A Simple Argument Proving You Must Not Trust Standard Scientific Evidence

Power Restored, Posts To Resume

No posts, class. No power, no internet

MIT Scientists Trying To Invent Zombies

Class 44: What Causes Cancer Of The Albondigas?

How To Claim Your Specialty Suffers From “Climate Change”

Why Does Science Say Everything Will Kill You?

The Enormous Rotten Egg Of Government-Funded Science Has Turned Men Weak

Class 43: The Causal Path

The Limitations Of AI: General Or Real Intelligence Is Not Possible

Science Says Chocolate Will Kill You & Cure You: So Will Everything Else

Why Is The NYT Admitting the Covid Lab-Leak Theory Now?

Class 47: Billions Of Models!

A New Physics Arises: Irreducible by Federico Faggin Reviewed

Corruption Of All Authority: An Interim Doom Report

Mandatory Moral Bioenhancement

Summary Against Modern Thought: Providence’s Plan

The Week In Doom — Emasculating Statues Edition

The Ignorant Lead The Misinformed On Strike

Poor Heat

The Epidemiologist (P-value + Ecological) Fallacy Exposed (Video)

Time To Donate!

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