William M. Briggs

Under-determination, Quus, And Why It’s Cause That Counts (And With A Taste Of Grue)

Turns out Arthur C. Clarke was on to something (who told him?). See, scientists, via one of the NASA Rovers, found this device on Mars. It is roundish, the color…

Philosophy Statistics

Gettier Problems & Epistemic Luck Are Distractions And No Problem

Regular readers will recall I do not think so-called Gettier problems have any force in epistemology. The "problems" only crop up because people make two mistakes: forgetting the difference between…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: What Scientific Errors Tell Us Of God

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. We're still…

Culture

This Week In Doom: Reality Now Illegal

The good news is that Yours Truly's prognosticative skills are sharper than ever. Of course this is only a relative blip in happiness. The ultimate Good News we celebrated yesterday.…

Fun

Merry Federally Recognized Holiday Of December 25th That Shall Remain Nameless So As Not To Offend

My presents to you, dear readers, are these videos of the All Hockey Hair Teams of 2014 and 2015. Enjoy. First up, 2014. "I'm glad I'm wondering." "Is that…

Culture

Nobody Expects The Roman Climate Inquisition—Guest Post by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley

Editor's note: This piece originally appeared at WND.com and is reprinted here with permission. In the zany 1970s hit comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus, popular on both sides of…

Culture

Social Justice Warriors At Oberlin Attack Non-Diversity Of Sandwiches

Editor says: not the author's name. I've been served pizza that was nothing more than half of an English muffin with a red substance and something that could be cheese.…

Statistics

Theories Don’t Have Probabilities: Or, Is The Multiverse Real?

There was in Munich last week a three-day workshop on the soul of science. According to Quanta Magazine, the conference was driven by George Ellis and Joe Silk who wrote…

Brian (bulaoren) on Bad Black Health Blamed On SlaveryAugust 22, 2026
Enough time has passed, since this post went up, for me to feel no need to stick to the topic.…
David on Bad Black Health Blamed On SlaveryAugust 20, 2026
I would also like to point out that slaves often had *better* medical care than their working-class white counterparts, being…
Cary Cotterman on Bad Black Health Blamed On SlaveryAugust 20, 2026
Perhaps slave traders found low-intelligence blacks easier to capture, resulting in an intellectually challenged population of blacks in the U.S.…
Brian (bulaoren) on Bad Black Health Blamed On SlaveryAugust 20, 2026
Where do homicide rates fit in?
McChuck on Is Moral Certainty Possible?August 20, 2026
I am morally certain that murdering innocent children for fun and profit is evil. There. That was easy.

William M. Briggs

Bad Black Health Blamed On Slavery

Is Moral Certainty Possible?

We Passed Peak “Climate Change” (um) Research

Sweet Wee Ps Say Sugar Makes You Lose Your Mind

AI Is Neither Artificial Nor Intelligent

You Can’t Con An Honest Man & The Case of Jason Arday

Academics: Achieve Sustainability by Easing Population to 4 Billion by 2200

The Impossibility of Proposition Nations

Ugly Women Rulers Condemn Lookism

The Wee P Boogie: The Song That’s Sweeping the Nation!

Wolfgang Smith For Everyone

Death By Organ Donation

$7.11 at 7:11 PM on 7/11 at 7/11: What Are The Chances?

Caution Against The Precautionary Principle: Interview with Jaap Hanekamp

Believing In God Makes You Crave Potato Chips, Say Academics

Hume’s Guillotine, Euclid’s Catapult: Induction, Axioms, and Objective Ethics

University of California Prof Tries To Save System From DIEing

The Equality Paradox

My Horrible Interaction With AI

SOON

The Court’s Slow Theft Of The Constitution — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Bad Black Health Blamed On Slavery

Is Moral Certainty Possible?

Under-determination, Quus, And Why It’s Cause That Counts (And With A Taste Of Grue)

Gettier Problems & Epistemic Luck Are Distractions And No Problem

Summary Against Modern Thought: What Scientific Errors Tell Us Of God

This Week In Doom: Reality Now Illegal

Merry Federally Recognized Holiday Of December 25th That Shall Remain Nameless So As Not To Offend

Nobody Expects The Roman Climate Inquisition—Guest Post by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley

Social Justice Warriors At Oberlin Attack Non-Diversity Of Sandwiches

Theories Don’t Have Probabilities: Or, Is The Multiverse Real?

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