William M. Briggs

Another State Might Ban Conversion Therapy, Forcing Some To Live With Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction

Stream: Another State Might Ban Conversion Therapy, Forcing Some To Live With Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction The Washington Times reports "Legislation banning gay conversion therapy for minors has narrowly passed the…

Fun

Time To Fast: I’m Giving Up The Internet For Lent

Our friend Jay Richards, editor of The Stream, has an excellent on-going series on fasting. In Part II, he discusses how our Lord fasted for forty days. By fasted Richards…

Statistics

The Limits Of Science

The title of this article could equally well be "The limits of philosophy" or of theology, or of any intellectual endeavor. The question is: can we continue to learn indefinitely?…

Statistics

What People Think Probability Words Mean

The graph above came from Github and was the result of a poll of folks on Reddit. "The raw data came from /r/samplesize responses to the following question: What [probability/number]…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil is Based on the Good

Previous post. We have a very easy week, a short chapter defining how evil is in a good thing, and what that means. This is a mopping up chapter, collecting…

Culture

Insanity & Doom Update XXI

Readers will have to help me. I've been posting insane and doom-laden articles for so long they all start to look alike. I worry that I repeating links. But it…

Culture

Equality of Opportunity Always Masks Desire For (More Than) Equality Of Outcome

Last November, Spiked magazine held a discussion panel on "Is the left eating itself?" at which appeared ex-Evergreen State College professor and self-described progressive Bret Weinstein. You may recall that…

Philosophy

You Don’t Have Free Will, Which Is Why You Make Such Bad Choices

Stream: You Don't Have Free Will, Which Is Why You Make Such Bad Choices There is a special kind of stupid achievable only by the intelligent (I resemble this remark).…

Milton Hathaway on On The Limitations of AI: PredictionsJanuary 31, 2025
I have been experiencing a certain amount of schadenfreude watching a segment of the population squirm over the prospect of…
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…

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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