William M. Briggs

Most Visible Airport Security Rules Cannot Prevent Another Fruit-of-the-Loom Bomber

I sincerely hope that somebody doesn't think I am exposing any secrets. Each point below is obvious to anybody willing to spend five-minutes thought. I obviously have nothing to say…

Culture Philosophy

Definitions of Equality

Just definitions today, folks. We'll need them later. You'd think a lot of these would be obvious. Experience shows they are not. This article is solely about equality of outcomes…

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Results of Complete Prediction of 2009 NFL Season

Before the 2009 season began, I developed a very simple predictive1 model based solely on each NFL team's historical record. Here is what was said about the model: I used…

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Top 10 Spoof Movies of All Time!

The following list are classics, which are defined as movies you'd enjoy watching even when you wouldn't enjoy watching a movie. To qualify as a spoof, a movie must tease…

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Newsweek imagines a President Al Gore

Newsweek asks What if Al Gore had won the 2000 election? It provides an alternative oral history with quotes from several journalists as they imagine the Earthly paradise that would…

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New Year’s Resolutions

Only one: Not to be so damn lazy. (As in writing.) Yours?

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Fruit-of-the-Loom Bomber update

Yesterday, I maligned President Obama. I cast an aspersion that should have remained un-cast. I hurled an insult that should have been left un-hurled. Yes, I was wrong. But I…

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Obama responds to the Fruit-of-the-Loom Bomber; White House now officially resembles Naked Gun

"We will not rest until we find all who were involved and hold them accountable," Mr. Obama told reporters during a break in his vacation. He and Michelle then went…

Uncle Mike on Class 40: Welcome To Cause!February 24, 2025
We must first grok that Kripke of the Paradox is not Officer Krupke of West Side Story. The latter has…
McChuck on Class 40: Welcome To Cause!February 24, 2025
MY journey of discovery of the cause of motion has finally, successfully concluded. Motion and relativistic effects share the same…
Johnno on It’s Okay To Trust DOGE To Cut Cut Cut: StreamFebruary 23, 2025
You should worry, JH, the power the left built and sought has now swapped hands and we're going to give…
NLR on It’s Okay To Trust DOGE To Cut Cut Cut: StreamFebruary 23, 2025
"Unless you are a strict Luddite and have no online presence, credit card, cellphone, car, or Social Security number, your…
PhilH on It’s Okay To Trust DOGE To Cut Cut Cut: StreamFebruary 22, 2025
Wolf always was a bit of a dummy. When she ran afoul of the woke-arati a few years ago, she…

William M. Briggs

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

I Don’t Want Immigrants Is All The Reason I Need

Class 35: The Grand Scheme: All Of Probability & Uncertainty In 30 Minutes

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