William M. Briggs

Does Free Will Exist In The Universe? (That Would Be A Yes.)

Embedded in nearly every argument against free will is the Appeal to Effeminacy. Here it is in Alfredo Metere's new Cosmos article "Does free will exist in the universe? (That…

Culture

University of Minnesota: Use The Preferred Pronoun Or Be Fired

My preferred pronouns, as I wrote several years ago, are "your" or "his majesty". Anyone not using them must be punished. Indeed, offenders should be fired from their job. Because…

Culture

Trump & Putin Drive The Media Mad. And It Was Beautiful

Chris Wallace sat down with Vladimir Putin. The goal of the interview, it seemd, is to show the world how important Chris Wallace is. The video, if it is still…

Statistics

Dissolving & Not Resolving The Fermi Paradox

Paper by Anders Sandberg, Eric Drexler and Toby Ord of the Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University made the news last week. "Dissolving the Fermi Paradox", on Arxiv (and therefore…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Man’s Knowledge of God Through Demonstration

Previous post. Ultimate felicity does not come in reading chapters like this. But it's sure to put you in a good mood. That Human Felicity Does Not Consist In the…

Culture

Insanity & Doom Update XLIII

Item Scoring 30% on a test is enough to graduate high school in NYC The bar keeps dropping on state math exams -- and critics are saying it's because officials…

Culture

Ireland Worries Trans Women Can’t Secure Abortions

Ireland, a democracy, voted to purge its constitution of language preserving of life and so install abortion. Proving that the will of the people, when the people's will turns out…

Culture

Western Colonialism Did Some Good

Those who lived where the Aztecs once ruled must thank God for Western colonialism. If it wasn't for the glorious religion of the Spanish, Mesoamerican governments might still be cutting…

Heresolong on RIP Wolfgang Smith: Philosopher, Scientist, CatholicJuly 25, 2024
Unfortunately I don't have any more details. It just stopped working. Oh well. Substance mirror works though so I'll just…
BDavi52 on Should Doctors Be Put In Charge Of Making Decisions About Bodies?July 25, 2024
Rudolph H. Sounds like a wonderful solution to the 'life makes me anxious' problem. AI tells me what to do...and…
Briggs on RIP Wolfgang Smith: Philosopher, Scientist, CatholicJuly 25, 2024
Paul, Just like math, like analytics. No experimental debunking.
Paul murphy on RIP Wolfgang Smith: Philosopher, Scientist, CatholicJuly 25, 2024
I have not read Smith, but stand by my general assertion that metaphysics is much much easier than physics. Hey…
Briggs on RIP Wolfgang Smith: Philosopher, Scientist, CatholicJuly 25, 2024
Heresolong, I have no idea why. Can you provide more detail? You can also try the Substack mirror: https://wmbriggs.substack.com/

William M. Briggs

RIP Wolfgang Smith: Philosopher, Scientist, Catholic

Should Doctors Be Put In Charge Of Making Decisions About Bodies?

Reasons Not To Like Prediction Markets

Class 14: No “UNfair” Dice & 1, 2, 3, Many!

Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim Researchers

The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2

Lesson 13: No “Fair” Dice & Jaynes Symmetry

Arrest All Stochastic Terrorists In Trump Assassination Attempt & Civilian Murder & Shootings

Academics Have Contest To See How Many Times They Can Say ‘Racist’ In An Article: An IQ Story

Jon Stewart Proves Democracies Are Undesirable

There Is No Culture Without Inequality: Stove 1

How Did Such A Smart Guy Get So Stupid: Bill Gates & Cow Farts

Testing The Blog Emailer: Please Delete

Top Ten Fireworks Tips from the Cult of Safety First!

My Origin Story – And More! In Which I’m Interviewed

Experts’ Tears Flow

Class 12: Psychic Card Guessing & The Proportional Syllogism

The Debate: A Key Moment In The History Of Comedy. Plus Predictions

Is This The Dumbest Science Ever?

Impose Your Beliefs Before They Impose Theirs

The Probability Of Being Accused Of The Hate Crime Of Disparate Impact Approaches 1

RIP Wolfgang Smith: Philosopher, Scientist, Catholic

Should Doctors Be Put In Charge Of Making Decisions About Bodies?

Does Free Will Exist In The Universe? (That Would Be A Yes.)

University of Minnesota: Use The Preferred Pronoun Or Be Fired

Trump & Putin Drive The Media Mad. And It Was Beautiful

Dissolving & Not Resolving The Fermi Paradox

Summary Against Modern Thought: Man’s Knowledge of God Through Demonstration

Insanity & Doom Update XLIII

Ireland Worries Trans Women Can’t Secure Abortions

Western Colonialism Did Some Good

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