William M. Briggs

Archbishop Denounces Church For Harshness Toward NOWM Community

DUBLIN - In his Holy Week and Easter Sunday homilies, Ireland archbishop Dougal O'Toole called Catholicism a "religion of fear" and a "faith of prohibitions," denouncing the Church for its…

Statistics

Union Of Nervous Scientists Hate Facts About Global Warming

Stream: Union Of Nervous Scientists Hate Facts About Global Warming: Don't say 'climate change'. We were promised global warming. No scientist I have ever met has ever---and I mean never---denied…

Culture

Hostility May Be Warranted: Berkeley, Wellesley & Beyond

Students at Wellesley are starting to feel their non-GMO fair-trade organic Damascus-steel-cut oats. No, wait. That can't be right. Oats are white. Oats are racist. Let me start again. Students…

Fun

Happy Easter!

Hidden in this post is an Easter egg of sorts. Searching for it will be easy for experts, difficult for puzzle novices. This is the kind of brain teaser easily…

Statistics

Tests For Randomness Aren’t What You Think

Here is a random event. When I wrote this article I either had a quarter or a nickel in my pocket; I did not have both. Did I have a…

Philosophy Statistics

Why Decision Analysis Isn’t Straightforward

Vast subject, decision analysis, but we can get a grip on a corner of it if we consider the simplest of problems, the do-don't do, yes-no, gonna happen-ain't gonna happen,…

Philosophy

The Coming Metaphysic

Etienne Gilson's The Unity of Philosophical Experience was recommended to me by Fr Rickert (whom regular readers will recognize) and I in turn recommend it to you. The book was…

Statistics

You Need To Beat More Than Just The Odds

Note: this is a sketch of a talk I gave yesterday at a conference filled with computer programmers, network and software engineers. This is Las Vegas, the land of magic.…

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…
Pk on Vaccine Bullying Is ScientismJanuary 22, 2025
The utilitarianism was too evident yesterday in Trump’s presser with the three AI billionaires announcing some new adventure. They claimed…

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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Probability Puzzle Paradox: Which Boxes To Take?

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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

Archbishop Denounces Church For Harshness Toward NOWM Community

Union Of Nervous Scientists Hate Facts About Global Warming

Hostility May Be Warranted: Berkeley, Wellesley & Beyond

Happy Easter!

Tests For Randomness Aren’t What You Think

Why Decision Analysis Isn’t Straightforward

The Coming Metaphysic

You Need To Beat More Than Just The Odds

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