William M. Briggs

New Poll Says 40% Don’t Believe In Evolution. So What.

How many Americans know how an internal combustion engine works? There's no numbers, but saying "Maybe half, perhaps more" doesn't feel wrong, does it? Test it yourself by asking your…

Statistics

The Protocols Of The Elders Of Big Oil

Before you're used to it, it can be both fascinating and amusing to listen to the ravings of a lunatic. The way they can weave tales of persecution and nefarious…

Fun

Rats. Post Didn’t Show

I realized, only now, that the post for today did not show. I obviously pushed the wrong button. I've been away from the computer all day and didn't see it.…

Culture Fun Statistics

Predictions 2014—Register Yours Today!

What will happen in the world in 2014? You have until 10 January to tell us in the comments below. Let's hope we're more accurate than we were last year,…

Culture Fun Statistics

How’d We Do On Our 2013 Predictions?

We have proved yet again that the future is that undiscovered country with our predictions for 2013. See the original guesses here. Don't make new predictions here. Tomorrow I'll start…

Culture

I Have What You Would Call A Theoretical Basis: Gender As A Construct

There are no winners in this story. So this Norwegian comedian (at least, I think he is) has created a series of videos called Hjernevask (Brainwashing) in which he sets…

Culture

The University In 2024—Guest Post by Agnes Larson

We last met Miss Larson, a long-time university insider, in "The Corporatization of the University". Is the Doctrine of Unexpected Consequences to strike in the government takeover of student loans?…

Statistics

Update On Woman In Combat

The Marines have announced "women aren't able to make the minimum standard of three pull-ups." And "a deadline mandating that they do at least 3 pull-ups by Jan. 1, 2014…

Detector de bulos ambientales | No, no van a pagar a los ciudadanos por reciclar – Noticias Locales Bahoruco on Every Place On Earth Warming Faster Than Every Other Place On EarthMarch 14, 2025
[…] a la advertencia climática. Según ironiza el estadístico estadounidense William M. Briggs, “cualquier lugar de la Tierra se está…
Phil R on Magnetically Created Lesions In The Brain & Telekinetic Movement Of M&MsMarch 13, 2025
Noman, I just watched an hour-long webinar on some of the legal issues with PFAS this afternoon. this is somewhat…
Paul Murphy on The Age Of The Victim Is PassingMarch 13, 2025
A few days ago I asked perplexiti.ai to invent a new word - one you might find applicable. --- Can…
hudbwu on The Age Of The Victim Is PassingMarch 13, 2025
The funniest part, though, is that if people vote, and women aren't afforded a special status, than women get to…
Cary Cotterman on The Age Of The Victim Is PassingMarch 13, 2025
Having been pounded over the head for decades with the victimhood of every conceivable group and my responsibility for it…

William M. Briggs

Why Is The NYT Admitting the Covid Lab-Leak Theory Now?

The Age Of The Victim Is Passing

Magnetically Created Lesions In The Brain & Telekinetic Movement Of M&Ms

Butter Bad, Seed Oils Good, Says New Study

Class 42: Causal & Deterministic Models

“Climate Change” Is Making People Live Longer!

David Hume’s Anti-Miracles Argument Is Poor

The Case For Ending Government Funding of Science

Class 41: What Is Cause Like?

Catholicism Vs The US Conference of Catholic Bishops — Guest Post by Uncle Mike

On Scott Adams’s Vax-Decision Analysis

Against The Anthropic Principle

Class 40: Welcome To Cause!

It’s Okay To Trust DOGE To Cut Cut Cut: Stream

Time To End Bad Science Like This

2,800 — And Growing — Scientists Butthurt Over Elon Musk Squeal To The Royal Society

Class 39: Trust Your Equations! (Bayes)

“Feminism Is A Disease Of The Rich”

Trump Slashing The Cancerous “The Science” Bloat: Cut Cut Cut!

On The Probability Of Large Rocks From Space!

Class 38: Truly Random & Information Complexity