William M. Briggs

WMBriggs Podcast 20 Apr 2016 — The End Of All History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiFiqwWt60M Lights Out clip, followed by the approach of Mars by Holst. If, as claimed by humanism, man were born only to be happy, he would not be born to…

Statistics

Scientism Of The First Kind: Science Shows Laptops Distract Students

https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/722028191582445568 Here's the headline. (It's NPR, so don't expect much.) "Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away". And here's the relevant sad bit: For one thing, research shows that laptops and…

Fun

New & Improved Way To Support Your Favorite Blog!

Uncontrolled gleeful trembling is the most common symptom upon learning the Big News that there is a New & Improved! way to support the blog! You know this method must…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God Is Unable To Make Square Circles

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. This is…

Culture

Future Of AM Radio

There is this prominent blinking wart sticking out of wall, right by the door. It is hideous. The wires that jut in and out of it are a menace. And…

Book review Culture

Stream: Why Letting Government Control Money Is Killing our Economy

Today's post is at the Stream: Why Letting Government Control Money Is Killing our Economy. Or, George Gilder's The Scandal of Money reviewed. Some snippets: What is money? Why is…

Statistics

Coincidences Don’t Have Odds, Chances, Or Probabilities

PODCAST BONUS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nX43bgWUn8 The Podcast has been restored! Sorry for the mix up yesterday. Here's the story cut short. A woman was browsing a used book stall and came across…

Podcast

WMBriggs.com Podcast 13 April 2016 — Equality!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nX43bgWUn8 GOOD NEWS! I've restored the broadcast! Both YouTube and MP3 work! Use Player.fm. Or subscribe (paste this into iTunes or elsewhere): https://www.wmbriggs.com/feed/?category=podcasts As the eminent (now deceased) mathematician Danny…

Forbes on The Arrogance Of Experts As Conferred by CredentialsOctober 11, 2024
I'm fascinated with the idea that a PhD degree bestows the holder with expertise and wisdom--that is, beyond the very…
Johnno on Crime Issue Reveals the Real Source of Nation’s Political Divide — Guest Post by ST KarnickOctober 11, 2024
Eh, as many have observed, the Republican'ts of today are always yesteryear's Demonrats. Trump, Tulsi, RFK Jr. and others, all…
C. Cotterman on Crime Issue Reveals the Real Source of Nation’s Political Divide — Guest Post by ST KarnickOctober 11, 2024
Most of those who formulate and push the Democrat agenda are evil. Some are stupid. Those who think it's a…
Phileas_Frogg on The Arrogance Of Experts As Conferred by CredentialsOctober 11, 2024
The perpetual struggle between the nominal and the real once more rears it's ugly head. 99% of all philosophical disagreements…
shawn marshall on Crime Issue Reveals the Real Source of Nation’s Political Divide — Guest Post by ST KarnickOctober 11, 2024
The power of the DemoncRat Party resides in the Satanic ritual of murder of Holy Innocents in the womb. The…

William M. Briggs

Crime Issue Reveals the Real Source of Nation’s Political Divide — Guest Post by ST Karnick

The Arrogance Of Experts As Conferred by Credentials

The Theory Of Misinformation Argues For Restoring Literacy Tests For Voting

Men Are Better Than Women

Class 23: An Infinity Of Hypotheses! (Bayes)

We Either Learn To Suffer Like Russians, Or We Are Lost — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Scientists Claim Keeping Men From Girls Locker Rooms Causes Men To Commit Suicide

Negative Evidence

Scientists Induce Apoplexy (In Me) In Attempting To Tie Stroke To “Climate Change”

Class 22: To The Continuum!

The Ladies Who’d Rather Brunch — Guest Post by Gaudia Certaminis

Return Of The 1970s!

Solzhenitsyn, Communism, Miracles & The Imposing Your Beliefs Fallacy

Class 21: Probability Of Hypotheses (Bayes)

A Theory Of Mis- & Disinformation & Its Uses In Propaganda

Clintel essay: Pope Francis’ Climate Crusade or the erosion of faith in God

“Racism” As An Expert Theory Health Crisis

Class 20: Probability Is Not Limiting Relative Frequency

Women Find A Solution To “Climate Change” Anxiety

We Are All Accidents Of Birth

Proposed Scientist Law: Do Good Work Or No Money