William M. Briggs

Everything Is Already In The Simulation

On Drudge a while back was linked the article "Pandemic 'could wipe out 900 million people,' experts warn" in some tabloid or sensationalistic rag (New York Times?). A chilling simulation…

Culture Philosophy

The McCarrick Scandal & Objectively Disordered Sexual Desires

It will be no surprise that the Catholic church is plunged deep into yet another scandal involving men with objectively disordered sexual desires. One of the "explainers" of this scandal…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: You Can’t Get To God Through Science

Previous post. An intellectual substance is an angel. Grab yourself a quiet seat, dear reader; we have a long chapter ahead of us this week. WHETHER IN THIS LIFE MAN…

Culture

Insanity & Doom Update XLV

Item How Identity Politics Is Harming the Sciences A scientist at UCLA reports: "All across the country the big question now in STEM is: how can we promote more women…

Culture

Peter Thiel’s Reformation-University Comparison Isn’t So Good

From Breitbart. Technology giant Peter Thiel argued this week that American universities are as corrupt as the Catholic Church of 500 years ago. Speaking to a group of conservative students…

Class Statistics

How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part III New (Free) Software Regression 2

Mandatory! Read Part I, Part II. I will ignore all comments already answered in Parts I & II. Download the code: mcmc.pred.R, mcmc.pred.examples.R. If you downloaded before, download again. This…

Trading Places: Aleksandr Dugin’s <em>Putin vs Putin</em> — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

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Trading Places: Aleksandr Dugin’s Putin vs Putin — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

I used to subscribed to The Jerusalem Post. Then I realized that I could get the real news a lot quicker by buying subscriptions to the NY Times and the…

Class Statistics

How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part II New (Free) Software Regression 1

Mandatory! Read Part I. I will ignore all comments already answered in Part I. Download the code: mcmc.pred.R, mcmc.pred.examples.R. Update If you downloaded before, download again. This is version 0.2!…

McChuck on On Various New Values Of P(Doom)February 6, 2025
The Journal of Anti-American Fraudsters
John Pate on On Various New Values Of P(Doom)February 6, 2025
The question I have is what is next after the AI bubble pops. Quantum Computing? Maybe nanotech will make a…
hudbwu on On Various New Values Of P(Doom)February 5, 2025
You're right. Substituting "computer model" for "AI" really does defuse the emotion of the language. It almost converts an alarming…
Paul Murphy on On Various New Values Of P(Doom)February 5, 2025
The version of Captain Cyborg on the zdnet site has apparently been somewhat garbled (actually I'm surprised it's still there).…
C-Marie on On Various New Values Of P(Doom)February 5, 2025
Well, you never can tell. I am 81 plus and figure that leaving here will be all Joy as Heaven…

William M. Briggs

The Path To Victory

On Various New Values Of P(Doom)

Putting The Stargate AI Hype Into Perspective (Stream)

Class 37: Simulations Aren’t What You Think

On The Limitations of AI: Predictions

Lady Lawyers Become — Gasp! — Science Deniers

Class 36: Paradox Lost

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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