William M. Briggs

Omni magazine: a tribute

Crap. Some kind of psychobabble how-to. Crap. Romance novel, romance novel, something in a plastic binder---and it's sticky!, ah geez---crap, crap, crap. Wait...what's that one. With the psychedelic cover. Do…

Fun

I’ve changed my mind about global warming

The CATO ad is what got me thinking. Maybe the real reason I didn't sign is because I knew that I might be wrong on global warming. And if I…

Statistics

The ad I wish CATO would have run

I did not think to say this to CATO when they sent me an email requesting I sign their ad. I should have suggested this alternative, and as our Uncle…

Culture

Did a psychic solve the Tabitha Horn murder case?

This was an investigation that I did a long time ago, but I never properly wrote up. I was inspired to finally do so by reading Joe Nickell's similar sleuthing…

Book review

Mini book reviews

This is mostly catch up...I'm spending my free time getting ready for a talk on the 15th... A History of the Vikings Gwyn Jones Oxford University Press Recommendation: read If…

Fun

A day in the life of a statistician

24 March 2009 3:01 am. Up. Not that I want to be, but I am. I have to give a lecture at 6:30 am to a bunch of surgical residents.…

Culture Fun Philosophy

What scientific or technological advance would you most like to see in your lifetime?

The real geeks among us long for synthohol. Only Class A nerds know, or admit to knowing, what it is, too. But I have to tell you, your potential partner's…

Fun

I am a child of the ’70s

I was in my files looking for a paper on proper scoring rules when this photo popped out of an envelope: This is, I think, 1977, when I was 13.…

eddie on Trust The Models: Rare Candy PodcastOctober 18, 2024
Yes please on the class/article! You could call it "debugging humans", a topic I've recently been pondering.
Johnno on Trust The Models: Rare Candy PodcastOctober 18, 2024
"Maybe I write a separate post about this and see if there’s an interest. Let me know." WHAT??? And deprive…
C. Cotterman on Trust The Models: Rare Candy PodcastOctober 18, 2024
In fourth grade my teacher demonstrated her psychic powers to the class. She told us she was going to leave…
Rudolph Harrier on NSF to Science: DIE! Science to NSF: Bye!October 18, 2024
People have been talking about the "problem" of underrepresentation of women in STEM for so long that we know exactly…
McChuck on Trust The Models: Rare Candy PodcastOctober 18, 2024
The Amazing Randy's foundation still offers a million dollar prize to anyone able to prove they have psychic powers. Fifty…

William M. Briggs

Trust The Models: Rare Candy Podcast

NSF to Science: DIE! Science to NSF: Bye!

Science: Even Monkeys Can’t Stand Looking At Kamala, Yet They Predict She Wins

Happy 4th Anniversary, Price of Panic!

Class 24: What Is Randomness?

Crime Issue Reveals the Real Source of Nation’s Political Divide — Guest Post by ST Karnick

The Arrogance Of Experts As Conferred by Credentials

The Theory Of Misinformation Argues For Restoring Literacy Tests For Voting

Men Are Better Than Women

Class 23: An Infinity Of Hypotheses! (Bayes)

We Either Learn To Suffer Like Russians, Or We Are Lost — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Scientists Claim Keeping Men From Girls Locker Rooms Causes Men To Commit Suicide

Negative Evidence

Scientists Induce Apoplexy (In Me) In Attempting To Tie Stroke To “Climate Change”

Class 22: To The Continuum!

The Ladies Who’d Rather Brunch — Guest Post by Gaudia Certaminis

Return Of The 1970s!

Solzhenitsyn, Communism, Miracles & The Imposing Your Beliefs Fallacy

Class 21: Probability Of Hypotheses (Bayes)

A Theory Of Mis- & Disinformation & Its Uses In Propaganda

Clintel essay: Pope Francis’ Climate Crusade or the erosion of faith in God