William M. Briggs

Special Midweek Doom — AI Won’t Save The Right Edition

The Doom is piling up faster than I can shovel it out. Item Amazon's Facial Recognition Software Found To Be Racist, Sexist ...one thing I didn't see coming was allegations…

Culture

Who We Are, And Who We Are Not — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

The article "The Missing Link of Jewish European Ancestry: Contrasting the Rhineland and the Khazarian Hypotheses", by Eran Elhaik only now pooped into my Inbox. It came out in 2013,…

Culture

Reactionary Movie: When Worlds Collide

Quite a while back there were calls asking for recommendations of reactionary movies. Besides The Caine Mutiny (which I have to review formally) and Logan's Run, the next one that…

Culture

Do Not React To Mainstream News — Guest Post By Gaudia Certaminis

One good thing to keep in mind in this era of escalating frenzies is to wait some time before reacting to any news story. More and more the first reporting…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God’s In Charge, And You’re Not

Previous post. It will come as no surprise that if God is God, then He's in charge. THAT GOD GOVERNS THINGS BY HIS PROVIDENCE 1 From the points that have…

Culture

This Week In Doom — Celebrity Meat Edition

Item Abortion until birth in New York State. In a democracy, what is voted yes on becomes both true and moral. Maranatha. Item Everyone Stop Everything. What Is This? A…

Culture

Conservative Conserve Nothing — The Man Who Saw It All Coming In 1871

This excerpt is from Robert Lewis Dabney's 1871 essay "Women's Rights Women." Dabey was a Reb, and therefore he and his views are now anathema. If he ever had a…

Culture

Female Claims 0s and 1s Are Patriarchal, Biased

Men swim in idiocy, and always have. It is only when a culture enters its declining phase that it becomes incurably decadent. Decadence can last some time, but not forever.…

Briggs on The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In KindMarch 5, 2026
Eric, Darn similar, and (I hope) simplified.
Eric Brown on The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In KindMarch 4, 2026
Isn’t this Searle’s Chinese Room argument? Not that I disagree with either of you…
Rhetocrates on The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In KindMarch 4, 2026
I disagree with the conclusion of the test. There is no need for panic or concern over the possibility of…
C-Marie on The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In KindMarch 4, 2026
God is!!! Well done, Matt!! Loved this! Great explanations .... even understood much of it at 82 years!!! Am sending…
CorkyAgain on The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In KindMarch 4, 2026
I rather like Sheldrake's idea that brains are more like radio receivers which resonate with or tune into signals from…

William M. Briggs

Class 81: The Second Biggest Error In Time Series

The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In Kind

Researcher Imagines Weather With No Human Influence: Concludes Climate Change Hurts Incomes

Faith Deposited: Why Godless Science Fails

Class 80: Granger Causality; Per Se & Accidental Time Series; Stationarity

Scientists Seeking To Escape Criticism Run To The Warmth & Comfort Of Bluesky

The Loss of Ephemera — Guest Post by The Blonde Bombshell

Class 79: Time Series Example

The Importance Of Not Making Decisions

Don’t Take The ‘Long-Covid’ Alzheimer’s Study Seriously

AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest Panic

Class 78: The Attempt To Turn Correlation Lead Into Causation Gold In Time Series

Desperate Need For Equality: AP Exam Performance

Some Sanity: Experts Sued For Creating Gender Delusions

Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGI

Polar Bears Are Doing Fine: Activists, Not So Well

Impossible LSAT Statistics Question

How Women’s Equality In Democracies Changes Voting (And Everything Else)

Class 77: Trendy Trends In Time Series

Who Still Listens To AM Radio?

Scientists Invent New Name For Models: Digital Twins

Class 81: The Second Biggest Error In Time Series

The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In Kind

Special Midweek Doom — AI Won’t Save The Right Edition

Who We Are, And Who We Are Not — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Reactionary Movie: When Worlds Collide

Do Not React To Mainstream News — Guest Post By Gaudia Certaminis

Summary Against Modern Thought: God’s In Charge, And You’re Not

This Week In Doom — Celebrity Meat Edition

Conservative Conserve Nothing — The Man Who Saw It All Coming In 1871

Female Claims 0s and 1s Are Patriarchal, Biased

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