William M. Briggs

Traditional Christianity All But Kaput In Western Europe, And Even USA

Couple of new surveys. One from Pew shows that only about one out of five Europeans attend services "monthly or more". Now this is very crude, usable only with caution,…

Culture

On Islam, Part I — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

A billion words have been written since Islam awoke from her 300-year slumber in 1983. Almost all of those words have sought to explain away the actions of 'radical' Islam.…

Class Statistics

Using P-Values To Diagnose “Trends” Is Invalid

Look at the picture, which is real data, but disguised to obscure its source. It is a physical measurement taken monthly by a recognized authority. The measurements are thought to…

Culture Philosophy Statistics

The Limitations And Usefulness Of IQ

That Smarts Everybody knows that some people are smarter than others, and that some are teachable and some not. Well, some people do deny these facts, believing that if everybody…

Culture

High School Paper Celebrates Young Woman Prostituting Herself

This story began as an item in our weekly catalog of doom, but I thought it important enough to raise to post-level. We have a high school newspaper writing a…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God’s Providence Applies To All

Previous post. There is no escaping providence. THAT GOD'S PROVIDENCE APPLIES IMMEDIATELY TO ALL SINGULARS 1 Now, some have conceded that divine providence extends to singulars, but through certain intermediary…

Culture

The Week In Doom — Pedophilia Is An Orientation Edition

Item The purge of Dr Seuss has begun 'Take home a n***** for your woodpile.' Children's author Dr. Seuss once wrote shockingly racist and misogynistic cartoons and REFUSED to apologize…

Statistics

Stop Using P-values & Parameter-Centric Methods

P-values should be banned. Every use of them involves a fallacy or mistake in thinking. "P-values have some good uses." No, they don't. I used every as in every. "P-values…

Brian (bulaoren) on Class 98: Limitations of Genetic Associations With PersonalityOctober 22, 2026
Across the world, many jurisdictions ban pet "pit bulls". Are they in error?
NLR on Against Numerology: Some Basic CalculationsOctober 19, 2026
The mathematician Richard Guy wrote a paper "The strong law of small numbers", where he said, facetiously, but also serirously:…
aGrimm on Book UpdateOctober 16, 2026
I'm looking forward to the book; warts and all the first was enlightening and fun to read.
John Pate on Book UpdateOctober 14, 2026
I'm a big fan of LaTeX. I wrote a class package that made it into one or more of the…
Ursula on Book UpdateOctober 14, 2026
i have your first edition which I read, pencil in hand foor the typos. Loved it anyway! Will be buying…

William M. Briggs

Class 98: Limitations of Genetic Associations With Personality

I’m Thinking Of A Number Between 1 and 5 (that you can’t guess)

Against Numerology: Some Basic Calculations

Class 97: The Goal Of Models

Book Update

Sexual Assault Galore At Cornell

Class 96: Can Bayesianism Quantify True Belief?

Top 10 Reasons AI Will Never Become Superintelligence: It Won’t Destroy Nor Save Us

Viewer Asks: Why Do I Bother?

Academics Call For The Killing Of Babies In “After-Birth” Abortions

Irrational Rationalists: Effective Altruists & The Planet of the Ants

Class 95: Answering P-Value Good Uses Challenges

Whoring For Climate Change

Lady Academics Tire Of Being Judged By Peer Review

Class 94: Quantifying The Unquantifiable

PFAS and Preservatives: Entrenching Chemophobia through Everyday Stuff — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp

The MRS Degree — Guest Post by Johnathan Edwards

Politicians Demand “Right” To Be Protected Against AI

Class 93: P-values Challenge! List The “Good Uses” of P-value

Is the West Dying Out? The Demographic Crisis Explained: Jon Harris Podcast

Lindsay Clancy Strangled Her Kids Because Of “Climate Change”

Class 98: Limitations of Genetic Associations With Personality

I’m Thinking Of A Number Between 1 and 5 (that you can’t guess)

Traditional Christianity All But Kaput In Western Europe, And Even USA

On Islam, Part I — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Using P-Values To Diagnose “Trends” Is Invalid

The Limitations And Usefulness Of IQ

High School Paper Celebrates Young Woman Prostituting Herself

Summary Against Modern Thought: God’s Providence Applies To All

The Week In Doom — Pedophilia Is An Orientation Edition

Stop Using P-values & Parameter-Centric Methods

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