William M. Briggs

The Malcom Gladwell 10,000 hour genius certificate

The best explanation for Malcom Gladwell's (Blink, Tipping Point) success is provided by the Annals of Improbable Research in its Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. The editors of that…

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We had turkey for Thanksgiving…

Others had ham:

Book review

Breaking the Law of Averages has finally arrived (almost)!

The book is finally --- almost --- in the distribution system! You can sign up to pre-order at Amazon in the States. Amazon in Germany. (Note: The book is still…

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Top 10 Military Movies

Here's my list. Twelve O'Clock High : Inarguably the best. No show, no false notes, no forced emotion like you see so much nowadays. No political correctness in the sense…

Statistics

Which combination of President and Congress spent the most?

We're probably getting tired of this topic (I am), but many people requested that we look at the same data but take into account the influence of Congress. This is…

Statistics

Which president spent the most?

Just for fun, here's another way to look at the same data we've been playing with (in this post and this one.) First thing is to calculate the inflation-adjusted spending…

Statistics

Government per capita spending revisted

Reader Stephen Dawson, a writer from Australia, has twice tried to show me where I made a bone-headed error in two of the figures from the original government per capita…

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Stock market crash, hearing aids, F-train music, and the boom-chhh Combinatoric Theory of Finite Musical Variety

The stock market is crashing and may have even bottomed out. Naturally, people are beginning to look around for buying opportunities. I have the perfect one. Hearing aids. Any company…

cdquarles on The Impossibilities Of Quantum ComputingNovember 21, 2024
Exactly, McChuck. Bravo!
cdquarles on What Science Can Say About Vaccines: And What It Can’t SayNovember 21, 2024
Amen, Uncle Mike.
cdquarles on Bad Predictions Mean Bad Models, Even If You’re A Distinguished ExpertNovember 21, 2024
Indeed. Given that all of the model's necessary and sufficient conditions are present and hold to be true, if X…
McChuck on The Impossibilities Of Quantum ComputingNovember 21, 2024
Where to start with the absurdities? At the beginning, I guess. 1) Quantum computing is analog computing. Nothing more, nothing…
Paul Murphy on The Impossibilities Of Quantum ComputingNovember 21, 2024
1 - Quantum computing is not impossible, it is merely improbable. 2 - Shor's algo illustrates the basic problem because…

William M. Briggs

The Impossibilities Of Quantum Computing

What Science Can Say About Vaccines: And What It Can’t Say

Bad Predictions Mean Bad Models, Even If You’re A Distinguished Expert

Class 29: Nothing Has A Distribution

Women Let Him Win — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Trends In Wokeness & Girlbossery In Science

Prominent Academic Asks: When And How Did Statistics Lose Its Way?

Fixing College: Hit Them In The Money, Replace Their Prestige

Class 28: Randomization Redux (Randomization Does Nothing)

If We Are What We Sexually Desire, How About These Curious People?

What The Covid Panic Did To Science

We Win

See You On The Other Side

Class 27: Probability Is In Your Mind, Not Things

How Tim Walz Did Not Know Models Only Say What They’re Told To Say

Hell On Earth: 1978’s Zombie Apocalypse ‘Dawn Of The Dead’ Reviewed

The Decline Of Western Christianity: Gradually Then Suddenly

The Science Of Transitioning Children

Class 26: Randomization Does Nothing

Addicted To Drug — Statistics

Of Course Neo-Darwinian Evolution By “Random” Mutation Is Wrong

The Impossibilities Of Quantum Computing

What Science Can Say About Vaccines: And What It Can’t Say

The Malcom Gladwell 10,000 hour genius certificate

We had turkey for Thanksgiving…

Breaking the Law of Averages has finally arrived (almost)!

Top 10 Military Movies

Which combination of President and Congress spent the most?

Which president spent the most?

Government per capita spending revisted

Stock market crash, hearing aids, F-train music, and the boom-chhh Combinatoric Theory of Finite Musical Variety

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