William M. Briggs

Facial Recognition Makes Mistakes. No Big Deal, Right?

Stream: Should Big Brother Watch Us If He Would Keep Us Safe? China like Britain is installing cameras in public places to track its citizens. Britain already has at least…

Philosophy Statistics

Falsifiability Is Falsifiable

We've talked many times before, and at greater length in Uncertanity, about the concept of falsifiability. It has come up again lately. The term shouldn't be but is equivocal. I…

Class Statistics

Free Data Science Class: Predictive Case Study 1, Part VII

Review! This is our last week of theory. Next week the practical side begins in earnest. However much fun that will be, and it will be a jolly time, this…

Philosophy

Jaws and the Meaning of Life

Stream: What the Atheist Claim of the Meaninglessness of Life Would Mean (If it were True) Links fixed! There is a scene early on in the killer-shark movie Jaws which…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil is Not Intended, Part II

Previous post. We continue with the proof that evil is not intended, with some seemingly convincing counter-arguments, and the answers to these. Two Chapters this week. Arguments which seem to…

Culture

Insanity & Doom Update XVII

Item Science proves kids are bad for Earth. Morality suggests we stop having them. If you buy this view of responsibility, you might eventually admit that having many children is…

Culture

Why Most Members Of The Media Are Leftists — Guest Post by Kevin Groenhagen

Both Barack and Michelle Obama made speeches in which they compared the positive "what is" with the normative "what should be." "There must be no doubt that the United States…

Culture

Why People Seek Out Alt-Media — Guest Post by The Blonde Bombshell

Imagine that you are a passive "consumer" of news, to use the preferred industry lingo. The use of "consume" is telling, admitting news itself has a shelf-life of a bag…

Uncle Mike on The Death Of DIE—In University ScienceJanuary 23, 2025
Yay. Old white hetero conservative Christian men rejoice! All three of us.
Cary Cotterman on The Death Of DIE—In University ScienceJanuary 23, 2025
In much the same way "global warming" became "climate change", "affirmative action" became "DEI" and just kept going. They'll just…
KGB on The Death Of DIE—In University ScienceJanuary 23, 2025
A single commercial is not enough. I want entire networks overtly and publicly dedicated to providing white-only entertainment, much as…
The Death Of DIE—In University Science – William M. Briggs on NSF to Science: DIE! Science to NSF: Bye!January 23, 2025
[…] money often went to DIE, as we discussed many times over the years. We saw recently (blog/Substack) a good…
Johnno on Vaccine Bullying Is ScientismJanuary 22, 2025
The hersteric is worried about the gains-of-function-science where the more science they can inject into your life, the more money…

William M. Briggs

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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Class 32: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology I (All Should Read)

The Death Of DIE—In University Science

Vaccine Bullying Is Scientism

Facial Recognition Makes Mistakes. No Big Deal, Right?

Falsifiability Is Falsifiable

Free Data Science Class: Predictive Case Study 1, Part VII

Jaws and the Meaning of Life

Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil is Not Intended, Part II

Insanity & Doom Update XVII

Why Most Members Of The Media Are Leftists — Guest Post by Kevin Groenhagen

Why People Seek Out Alt-Media — Guest Post by The Blonde Bombshell

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