William M. Briggs

Pajamas Media: Merry Christmas. Now Stick ’em up!

Today's---depressing---post is over at Pajamas Media. I had originally guessed the vote would not be all Democrats and Independents against all Republicans. I had supposed Reid was going to play…

Culture Philosophy

Christmas Eve Party Game: Spot the Logical Fallacy!

What better way to celebrate Christmas Eve than with a game the whole family can play? So gather round the tree, load up the eggnog with some Barbancourt 5 star,…

Statistics

Health care: Dems to vote to increase taxes and debt ceiling simultaneously

Some ill-informed persons out there actually had the temerity to accuse Democrats as the "tax and spend" party. A stereotype! Whatever could have given them that idea? Perhaps this: Democrats…

Fun

Guest Post: Amazon Kindle review by Ari Schwartz

I received a Kindle this year as a Chanukah present, courtesy of my delightful fianc´e. Since e-readers had come up on this blog a couple of times, I thought I…

Culture

My beloved Detroit

Presented: A vision of Socialism Lite. Won't it be fun when we get to the real thing? When the elites---who are wiser than us---relieve us of the awful burden of…

Fun

Live from Copenhagen, The Benny Hill Show!

Note: please ask permission before copying in toto. Cast: Barack Obama as Benny Hill Wen Jiabao as Little Old Bald Guy (wigged) Nicholas Sarkozy as The Frenchman Angela Merkel as…

Statistics

The Democrat Health Care Power Grab

Is there anybody out there---non-elected politician, that is---who is actually for this? If so, can I ask what are you for? His Lordship Reid has not released the text of…

Fun

From the NY Times: Major Earthquake Strikes Taiwan... The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.4-magnitude quake was centered off the eastern coast of Taiwan...The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not…

Cary Cotterman on More On Monkeys Typing Shakespeare & Why Chance Isn’t EnoughJanuary 15, 2025
Insider info says a roomful of chimps write Kamala Harris's public utterances. All the superhero movie scripts of the past…
Hagfish Bagpipe on More On Monkeys Typing Shakespeare & Why Chance Isn’t EnoughJanuary 15, 2025
Thats all well and good, Briggs, and pretty funny, too, but why not just torture the model until she says…
Paul Murphy on More On Monkeys Typing Shakespeare & Why Chance Isn’t EnoughJanuary 15, 2025
Reminds me a lot of stuff I used to do for fun - a great way to lose girlfriends, of…
Brian (bulaoren) on More On Monkeys Typing Shakespeare & Why Chance Isn’t EnoughJanuary 15, 2025
In an effort to narrow the gap; between Finite and Infinite, we might try compiling a list of fluent (public)…
Heresolong on More On Monkeys Typing Shakespeare & Why Chance Isn’t EnoughJanuary 15, 2025
I appreciate that they had a sense of humor about it but there is no "Finite Monkeys Theorem", there's only…

William M. Briggs

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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Happy New Year!

How Did We Do In Our 2024 Predictions?

Hot New The Science: Kids Are Having Climate Emotions

Merry Christmas!

The Lesson Scientists Never Learn

House Cramnibus Funds New Follow-The-Science Panics

Probability Puzzle Paradox: Which Boxes To Take?

As Woke Falls, What Rises?

Class 32: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology I (All Should Read)

Who’s Better at Playing Doctor, Boys Or Girls?

How The Enlightenment Led To Contraception (And Other Forms of Anti-Natal Behavior)

Science Model Told To Say Masks Work Discovers Masks Work

In Which Feynman Makes A Mistake: Negative Probabilities (Used In AI, QM, Finance)

More On Monkeys Typing Shakespeare & Why Chance Isn’t Enough

Surgeon General Demands Label War Against Wine

Pajamas Media: Merry Christmas. Now Stick ’em up!

Christmas Eve Party Game: Spot the Logical Fallacy!

Health care: Dems to vote to increase taxes and debt ceiling simultaneously

Guest Post: Amazon Kindle review by Ari Schwartz

My beloved Detroit

Live from Copenhagen, The Benny Hill Show!

The Democrat Health Care Power Grab

Earthquake!

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