Skip to content
Why Aren't You Taking The Class?
Work on books progresses. But slowly

William M. Briggs

Statistician to the Stars!

  • Home
  • Books
  • About
  • Classic Posts
  • THE CLASS
  • Home
  • Books
  • About
  • Classic Posts
  • THE CLASS
Latest Articles
Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?
June 4, 2026
No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke Coders
June 3, 2026
How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?
June 1, 2026
Class 90: Simple (Optimal) Decisions
May 28, 2026
Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living Longer
May 27, 2026
Blessed Memorial Day; No Class; See You Wednesday
May 21, 2026
Why There Are (Probably) No UFOs: “Climate Change”
May 20, 2026
Creating Microbial Monsters To Terrorize Ourselves
May 18, 2026
Class 89: The Measure Most Modelers Forget: Skill Examples
May 14, 2026
The Shocking Conclusion of the HR Trilemma!
May 13, 2026
The HR Trilemma: Which Door Decides Your Fate?
May 12, 2026
Capital Punishment Deters Crime More Than The Death Penalty
May 11, 2026
How Experts Use “Calamities” to Find Official Victims & Gain Power
May 6, 2026
Richard Dawkins, The Big Muscles Fallacy & AI Pachinko
May 4, 2026
Class 88: The Most Neglected Concept: Skill
April 30, 2026
The Red-Blue Button Dilemma & Its Surprising Answer
April 29, 2026
UFO Reports About To Blast Off!
April 27, 2026
Class 87: Calibration & Conformal Prediction: Examples
April 23, 2026
Noticing Differences Between Races Does Not Pay
April 22, 2026
What Are The Chances Of All These Scientists Dying, Killed, Or Going Missing?
April 20, 2026
Class 86: Calibration & Conformal Prediction: Theory
April 16, 2026
Posted inStatistics

Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?

Posted by By Briggs June 4, 2026
Continue Reading
Posted inStatistics

No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke Coders

Posted by By Briggs June 3, 2026
Continue Reading
Broken Science Epistemological Camp Report
Posted inStatistics

Broken Science Epistemological Camp Report

There was another Broken Science event this past weekend in the Phoenix area. Yours Truly was there. I gather the videos will be on line at some point, at the…
Read More
Only A Bare Majority Of Scientists Believe In Sexual Reproduction
Posted inCulture

Only A Bare Majority Of Scientists Believe In Sexual Reproduction

So the Brit paper The Telegraph had the idea of polling 200 scientists at British universities and asking whether or not they were science deniers. Sit down, dear reader. I…
Read More
Why Attempts To Control Opinion Cause Opinion To Diverge
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics

Why Attempts To Control Opinion Cause Opinion To Diverge

From Mars, John Carter reports in a wonderful essay discussing the Regime's attempts at manipulation says this: People don’t like being gaslit. The psychological techniques used by salesmen, con men,…
Read More
Euro-Chemophobia And The Liquidation Of Agriculture — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp
Posted inCulture

Euro-Chemophobia And The Liquidation Of Agriculture — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp

Introduction The European Commision came up with another grand plan titled Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of plant protection products…
Read More
What Parts Of Reality Does Science Describe, And Which Parts Are Merely Constructs?
Posted inPhilosophy

What Parts Of Reality Does Science Describe, And Which Parts Are Merely Constructs?

A rose would not smell as sweet if it was called, as it likely is called in German, a sourbloodpetal. Or whatever. Naming things, getting the good names for things,…
Read More
The Near Impossibility Of Defending Yourself Against Charges Of Climate Change
Posted inStatistics

The Near Impossibility Of Defending Yourself Against Charges Of Climate Change

I was recently pre-fired from a job helping with the defense of a very large company in its fight over being charged with the same non-crime detailed below. My point…
Read More
Reasons Why Pre-Crime Should Be Punished
Posted inCulture

Reasons Why Pre-Crime Should Be Punished

Canada, its citizens shivering inside log cabins for most of the year and thus having a lot of time on their hands, has hit upon a new idea. Arrest and…
Read More
If You Think Evolution Thought Of Thinking, Think Again
Posted inPhilosophy

If You Think Evolution Thought Of Thinking, Think Again

There is a popular argument that says that because man evolved, his thoughts do not guarantee truth, and that his inclinations to like or agree with an argument reflect what…
Read More

Posts pagination

Previous page 1 … 57 58 59 60 61 … 713 Next page
Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,324 other subscribers
Tweets
My Tweets
  1. Chad Jessup on Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?June 5, 2026

    I am very happy for any information you post, so whatever suits your time and interests is fine with me.…

  2. Steve on Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?June 5, 2026

    The bikini rule -- less is more, but it has to cover all the important stuff. As with human bodies,…

  3. Heresolong on Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?June 5, 2026

    Yes.

  4. Jose Miro Julia on Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?June 5, 2026

    I'd prefer 3-4 short ones a week.

  5. Ivdas Machabevs on Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?June 4, 2026

    Longer, deeper, rarer.

Categories
  • Book review
  • Class
  • Culture
  • Fun
  • Philosophy
  • Podcast
  • SAMT
  • Statistics
Archives
Meta
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
  • RSS - Posts
  • RSS - Comments
Post You Might Like
Posted inPhilosophy
There Is No Culture Without Inequality: Stove 1
Posted by By Briggs July 9, 2024
Posted inPhilosophy
Impose Your Beliefs Before They Impose Theirs
Posted by By Briggs June 26, 2024
Posted inPhilosophy
Telekinesis: Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification
Posted by By Briggs June 4, 2024
Posted inPhilosophy
The Physics Of Blessings: Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification
Posted by By Briggs May 28, 2024
June 2026
M T W T F S S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930  
« May    
Copyright 2026 — William M. Briggs. All rights reserved. Bloglo WordPress Theme
Scroll to Top