William M. Briggs

How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part VII New (Free) Software Tobit Regression

Previous post in the series (or click above on Class). REVIEW! Download the code: mcmc.pred.R, mcmc.pred.examples.R. If you downloaded before, download again. This is version 0.3! Only the example code…

Culture

Insanity & Doom Update XLIX — Special Midweek Doom!

Insanity and doom items are piling up faster than I can put them out. This bonus edition will reduce the load somewhat. Item Healthline says, using the medical term 'vagina'…

Culture

Let’s Talk About Q Again — Guest Post by The Blonde Bombshell

We talked about Q a little bit a few months ago but it's time for a second look. Since late October 2017, Q has been communicating with members of the…

Culture

Do Not Fear Being Called An Isolationist — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Trotsky proclaimed that the world needed 'permanent revolution.' Stalin countered that the Party needed 'socialism in one country' in order to survive. It was the Fox versus Frankenstein. Or, as…

Statistics

Does It Mean I’m Psychic?

Years ago I wrote and self-published for fun the book So, You Think You're Psychic? You can download a free PDF of it on the Books page. There's nothing wrong…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Ultimate Happiness Does Come In Knowing Separate Substances

Previous post. We're closing in on ultimate happiness! You didn't think it would be easy, did you? A short chapter this week. But an important one. See paragraph 3 for…

Culture

Insanity & Doom Update XLVIII

Item Decline in the Fall (or Late Summer, Anyway): by Fred Gibbon This is Fred Reed at his curmudgeonly best. Item The Next Woman To Try Playing In A PGA…

Culture

On Israel’s Jewish New ‘Nation State’ Law

I am probably the wrong man to ask about Israel being named as an official Jewish state. My idea is that at least Jerusalem should be Christian. After all, Our…

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William M. Briggs

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No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke Coders

How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?

Class 90: Simple (Optimal) Decisions

Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living Longer

Blessed Memorial Day; No Class; See You Wednesday

Why There Are (Probably) No UFOs: “Climate Change”

Creating Microbial Monsters To Terrorize Ourselves

Class 89: The Measure Most Modelers Forget: Skill Examples

The Shocking Conclusion of the HR Trilemma!

The HR Trilemma: Which Door Decides Your Fate?

Capital Punishment Deters Crime More Than The Death Penalty

How Experts Use “Calamities” to Find Official Victims & Gain Power

Richard Dawkins, The Big Muscles Fallacy & AI Pachinko

Class 88: The Most Neglected Concept: Skill

The Red-Blue Button Dilemma & Its Surprising Answer

UFO Reports About To Blast Off!

Class 87: Calibration & Conformal Prediction: Examples

Noticing Differences Between Races Does Not Pay

What Are The Chances Of All These Scientists Dying, Killed, Or Going Missing?

Class 86: Calibration & Conformal Prediction: Theory

Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?

No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke Coders

How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part VII New (Free) Software Tobit Regression

Insanity & Doom Update XLIX — Special Midweek Doom!

Let’s Talk About Q Again — Guest Post by The Blonde Bombshell

Do Not Fear Being Called An Isolationist — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Does It Mean I’m Psychic?

Summary Against Modern Thought: Ultimate Happiness Does Come In Knowing Separate Substances

Insanity & Doom Update XLVIII

On Israel’s Jewish New ‘Nation State’ Law

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