William M. Briggs

The Week In Doom — We Are All Seattle Now Edition

Item KOMO News Special Seattle is Dying KOMO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b53uiRFq4Ds If you were at all sanguine about the future, I beg you will watch this video. Item Inside the online community…

Philosophy Statistics

A Failed Argument Against Free Will: Predicting Actions

It is always hilarious when people rail against free will, who are especially flummoxed that Common Man believes in free will, and say "If only people realized their choices weren't…

Statistics

Death Blow To Statistical Significance! — Bonus: Here’s The Replacement

Don't miss the Nature article below! (I stole the graphic from it.) Am Stat Here are the opening lines from a press release (unfortunately sounding like every other press release…

Statistics

There Are No Such Thing As Gays (Or Transexuals)

Yours Truly is a statistician; indeed, the Statistician to the Stars! I call myself that because I perform probability analyses for money (and only for the best people). Yet I…

Philosophy

The Power To Kill Without Detection

Suppose you discover a device which allows you to kill those whom you would. The device's "batteries" never run out; it will always work and never disappoint. The device is…

Philosophy Statistics

On True And False Theories

What makes a theory true? Bad question, that. Conflates too easily why a theory is true with our knowledge whether a theory is true. Both are subjects of great interest,…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God And Natural Effects

Previous post. This week we learn God doesn't have to do all the work, as it were. HOW THE SAME EFFECT IS FROM GOD AND FROM A NATURAL AGENT 1…

Culture

The Week In Doom — 16-Year-Olds Vote Edition

Item At least 49 people are killed and 48 injured in multiple Christchurch mosque massacres involving an Australian terrorist, 28, who live-streamed himself opening fire on worshippers - as a…

Uncle Mike on The Death Of DIE—In University ScienceJanuary 23, 2025
Yay. Old white hetero conservative Christian men rejoice! All three of us.
Cary Cotterman on The Death Of DIE—In University ScienceJanuary 23, 2025
In much the same way "global warming" became "climate change", "affirmative action" became "DEI" and just kept going. They'll just…
KGB on The Death Of DIE—In University ScienceJanuary 23, 2025
A single commercial is not enough. I want entire networks overtly and publicly dedicated to providing white-only entertainment, much as…
The Death Of DIE—In University Science – William M. Briggs on NSF to Science: DIE! Science to NSF: Bye!January 23, 2025
[…] money often went to DIE, as we discussed many times over the years. We saw recently (blog/Substack) a good…
Johnno on Vaccine Bullying Is ScientismJanuary 22, 2025
The hersteric is worried about the gains-of-function-science where the more science they can inject into your life, the more money…

William M. Briggs

The Death Of DIE—In University Science

Vaccine Bullying Is Scientism

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

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

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

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