William M. Briggs

The Reimaginings Of Exodus And Noah Inspires Moviemakers—And You!

https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/543559693592182785 John Nolte doesn't like Ridley Scott's Exodus: Gods and Kings. ...Scott makes a fool of himself. DeMille used the ancient biblical tale to tell a universal story about human…

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Podcast: Peer Review, Bob & Ray Do Statistics, Academic Calls For Killing Of (Post-Birth) Babies

[podcast]https://www.wmbriggs.com/audio/wmbriggs_com_12dec2014_0006.mp3[/podcast] Show Notes Wired's PubPeer article. PubPeer.com itself. PubPeer's discussion of "Macroscopic Observability of Spinorial Sign Changes under 2π Rotations". Bob and Ray can be found at, inter alia, the…

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I'm thinking of three numbers. 38, 24, 36.
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There is no point in trying to be reasonable and sensible and "balanced" about this kind of stuff. Current AI…
Valeriu on Putting The Stargate AI Hype Into Perspective (Stream)February 4, 2025
Well, this is what DeepSeek has to say about your text, if you're interested: The text presents a compelling, sardonic…
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…

William M. Briggs

Putting The Stargate AI Hype Into Perspective (Stream)

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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Putting The Stargate AI Hype Into Perspective (Stream)

Class 37: Simulations Aren’t What You Think

The Reimaginings Of Exodus And Noah Inspires Moviemakers—And You!

Podcast: Peer Review, Bob & Ray Do Statistics, Academic Calls For Killing Of (Post-Birth) Babies

Pascal’s Pensées, A Tour: III

On The Attribution Of A Single Event To Climate Change

Columbia Law School Kiddies ‘Traumatized’, Exams Postponed: Update Harvard Joins

The Philosophy Of Rock Paper Scissors

Summary Against Modern Thought: Terms Which Can Be Predicated Of God

Infinite Surprise And Impossible Events

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