William M. Briggs

U Penn’s Latest Conn: Religious Schools Shouldn’t Be Accredited

Tell the truth: English Departments at our "top" universities are stuffed to the quad with (A) Progressives or (B) Conservatives? Anybody claiming (B) is either ignorant (I mean this politely)…

Statistics

Lovejoy’s New Attempt To Show We Are Doomed Does Not Convince

We last met Shaun Lovejoy when he claimed that mankind caused global temperatures to increase. At the 99.9% level, of course. He's now saying that the increase which wasn't observed…

Statistics

On The Kaya Identity

A reader asked about my take on the Kaya wars that are flaming at Anthony Watts's place. Here is the form of the Kaya Identity, which is to say, the…

Philosophy

Philosophic Issues in Cosmology: II. Relativistic Theories On Universe Origin—Guest Post by Bob Kurland

Bob Kurland is a retired, cranky, old physicist, and convert to Catholicism. He shows that there is no contradiction between what science tells us about the world and our Catholic…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Last Movement

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. Previous post. Recall that the First Way has already been done.…

Fun

Readers: Pick Your Theme Song

It's summer and everybody's on vacation, except, it seems, Yours Truly. And whoever is left is over at Anthony's place fighting the Kaya wars. (My side? Take a look at…

Philosophy

Disbelief In Free Will Causes Disbelief In Free Will

Never was the West's wholesale flight from philosophy and a classic education more evident than in the title of this peer-reviewed paper: Prosocial Benefits of Feeling Free: Disbelief in Free…

Fun

Rename “Global Warming” Contest

Andrew Jackson (â€@yodacomplex) reminded me of the screwy history of the thing that was Global Warming. The phrase has undergone many revisions, examples of which are: Climate Change, Climate Cataclysm,…

hudbwu on Putting The Stargate AI Hype Into Perspective (Stream)February 5, 2025
> I have no proof the genetic code cannot be hacked, but I do know the overcertainty here is vast…
Briggs on Putting The Stargate AI Hype Into Perspective (Stream)February 4, 2025
Valeriu, Now that is hilarious.
Cary Cotterman on Putting The Stargate AI Hype Into Perspective (Stream)February 4, 2025
After reading Briggs, then the comments, I have come to the solid conclusion that we are either on the brink…
Paul Murphy on Putting The Stargate AI Hype Into Perspective (Stream)February 4, 2025
Wow! I hope someone else paid for the lunch you're out to here - multiple courses and pretty lavish! 1…
McChuck on Class 37: Simulations Aren’t What You ThinkFebruary 4, 2025
I'm thinking of three numbers. 38, 24, 36.

William M. Briggs

On Various New Values Of P(Doom)

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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