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…

Rudolph Harrier on On The Limitations of AI: PredictionsJanuary 30, 2025
History of computer science should be mandatory learning. EVERY single advancement in computer science has been accompanied by hype that…
SHAWN E MARSHALL on On The Limitations of AI: PredictionsJanuary 30, 2025
is AI simply plagiarism writ large with supercomputing power linking phrases statistically? machines cannot think.
JH on On The Limitations of AI: PredictionsJanuary 30, 2025
The limitations of AI are due to the limitations of human beings. For example, we don't understand what intelligence is.…
John Pate on On The Limitations of AI: PredictionsJanuary 30, 2025
AI is fake and gay jew pump and dump tech bubble, business as usual. AI stands for "Actually Indians" as…
hudbwu on On The Limitations of AI: PredictionsJanuary 30, 2025
>Godel makes his grand entrance in the Real Intelligence? essay, in which the surprise answer will be, No. Ooh! Can't…

William M. Briggs

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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University of Minnesota: Use The Preferred Pronoun Or Be Fired

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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