William M. Briggs

Italian Scientists On Trial For Manslaughter After Failing To Predict Earthquake

Seven Italian geologists have been hauled before an Italian judge---whether in chains or no, we are not informed---and charged with the heinous crime of manslaughter. Specifically, these men are being…

Philosophy Statistics

Proving What You Want To Believe

You can always find a way to believe anything. That "always" is strict---the magic of belief, like a card trick with a gaffed deck, can always be worked. But just…

Statistics

The Myth Of Killer Mercury: Guest Post By Willie Soon & Paul Driessen

Willie Soon has graciously allowed us to reprint his and Paul Driessen's editorial that ran in the 25 May 2011 Wall Street Journal. Dr Soon received double our normal rate…

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India Aborting Girls At Full Speed: Sex Selection And Demographics

Science is great. It---"it" is always an it, an invisible entity, a guiding sapience, an intelligence that can be looked to for guidance---can now us tell the sex of a…

Culture Fun

Parents Raising Child As ‘It’

When I first saw that the website with the story of parents raising "gender free" kids ended in ".ca", I thought for sure it came from California. But---Holy Saskatchewan---it's Canada!…

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The Trolley Problem And Experimental Philosophy

The Trolley Problem, as given by Eric Schwitzgebel (as part of a larger survey): You are standing by the railroad tracks when you notice an empty boxcar rolling out of…

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Wishcasting The End Of The World: Update

Wishcasting is when a forecast or prediction is shaded in the direction the forecaster or predictor wants the event to happen. For example, if you forecast this weekend's weather, you…

Culture

Sin Casa, Sin Curro Y Sin Miedo!

That was the chant of thousands of Spanish youth as they took to the streets last week. The youth---photographic evidence implies a median age of 28---are unhappy with their station…

doclove on Catholicism Vs The US Conference of Catholic Bishops — Guest Post by Uncle MikeMarch 1, 2025
I agree with Cary Cotterman and John Smith that the Catholic bishops on average care more about the gravy train…
Chaeremon on Against The Anthropic PrincipleFebruary 28, 2025
no simulation can be made equal to its subject, and simulation is all that can be made by to_think [about];…
C-Marie on Catholicism Vs The US Conference of Catholic Bishops — Guest Post by Uncle MikeFebruary 28, 2025
The next Pope may well do some house cleaning .... hope, hope, hope!!! Thank you Uncle Mike !! Well done,…
Dan W. on On Scott Adams’s Vax-Decision AnalysisFebruary 27, 2025
I'm not critical of those who gave the jab no serious thought. If I had not been biased against the…
Uncle Mike on Catholicism Vs The US Conference of Catholic Bishops — Guest Post by Uncle MikeFebruary 27, 2025
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William M. Briggs

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

The Path To Victory

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