William M. Briggs

Russia’s (Soft) War With The West, Part II — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Let us digress a moment and consider, as Svechin would, just what this word 'action' means to us in our present situation. Let us consider the peculiar nature of the…

Statistics

Headline: We Used Terrible Science to Justify Smoking Bans. Amen: We Did

When they used to tell me I would shorten my life ten years by smoking, they little knew the devotee they were wasting their puerile word upon---they little knew how…

Philosophy Statistics

Induction & Essence

Suppose we observe a raven. It's black. We see a second, also black. And so on for a few dozen more. We reason, or rather we argue with ourselves, "Since…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Soul Is The Form Of The Body

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. The points…

Philosophy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDC5wswGnaA I do not understand the human race. It has so little love for creatures with a different face. Treating animals like people is no madness or disgrace. I do…

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The Big Bang, Eternal Inflation & Many Worlds

We're back to our Edge series of ideas scientists wish more people knew about. Today is John C. Mather and the Big Bang. Mather isn't pleased with popular conceptions. What…

Culture

Russia’s (Soft) War With The West, Part I — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

The cat is out of the bag, although most people don't realize that because most people still do not see the cat. Why? Simple. They couldn't see the open bag,…

Book review

A Theory of Nothing Leads to Something

A Theory of Nothing by Thomas Barlow was the most realistic science fiction book I have ever read. The science in the book was fanciful, and even silly, but how…

Class 37: Simulations Aren’t What You Think – William M. Briggs on The Gremlins Of MCMC: Or, Computer Simulations Are Not What You ThinkFebruary 3, 2025
[…] this excerpt from Chapter 6 of Uncertainty, you must read these posts: here and […]
Johnno on On The Limitations of AI: PredictionsFebruary 1, 2025
The more government can track and observe us, the more data they can feed to the AI, and thus create…
Johnno on Lady Lawyers Become — Gasp! — Science DeniersFebruary 1, 2025
Both these women need to be executed for Resurrection-Denial. How do I know they deny it? The signs of intellectual…
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…

William M. Briggs

Class 37: Simulations Aren’t What You Think

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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Class 37: Simulations Aren’t What You Think

On The Limitations of AI: Predictions

Russia’s (Soft) War With The West, Part II — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

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Induction & Essence

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Soul Is The Form Of The Body

Gorilla Warfare

The Big Bang, Eternal Inflation & Many Worlds

Russia’s (Soft) War With The West, Part I — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

A Theory of Nothing Leads to Something

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