William M. Briggs

resource: property that can be converted into supplies (Webster)

A friend recently related this, unfortunately not atypical, incident at my friend's company. It was the joyous time of year for personal evaluations. Way they do it at that company…

Philosophy Statistics

Theory confirmation and disconfirmation

Time for an incomplete mini-lesson on theory confirmation and disconfirmation. Suppose you have a theory, or model, about how some thing works. That thing might be global warming, stock market…

Fun

Panda Runner

The site Panda Runner went live over the weekend. You haven't been there yet? Now's your chance. The site is a collaboration between my number one son and his best…

Culture

Some good economic news!

The employment rate is plunging faster than a hundred kilogram bolide entering the atmosphere at a normal angle to the plane surface of the Earth [thank 49er!]. Manufacturing is down…

Culture Fun

I should be happier

According to CareerCast.com and the Wall Street Journal, I should be one happy guy. This is because Career Cast has done a "study" to rate the best jobs, and mine…

Culture

Obama’s salary cap seem like a good idea to you?

The Law of Unintended Consequences is set to strike again. Obama et al. want to cap salaries at $500,000 at those companies that receive government "bailout" money. Why, the argument…

Statistics

Evidence the world isn’t completely going to hell

It isn't all bad out there. There's even grounds that the corporate sense of humor has returned, given that I saw Borders stack Anna Quindlen in its "Literature" section. More…

Fun

I’m thinking of turning to crime

He is a man of good birth and excellent education, endowed by nature with a phenomenal mathematical faculty. At the age of twenty-one he wrote A Treatise on the Binomial…

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…
JH on It’s Okay To Trust DOGE To Cut Cut Cut: StreamFebruary 21, 2025
Mr. Briggs, that is not a very smart move. Don’t you know that the complainant or accuser is usually the…
Briggs on It’s Okay To Trust DOGE To Cut Cut Cut: StreamFebruary 21, 2025
JH, I just submitted your name to DOGE. Get ready for a visit.
hudbwu on It’s Okay To Trust DOGE To Cut Cut Cut: StreamFebruary 20, 2025
Yesterday evening it spontaneously occured to me I should watch Evil Dead since I haven't so far. And then Uncle…
bruce g charlton on It’s Okay To Trust DOGE To Cut Cut Cut: StreamFebruary 20, 2025
wrt the activities of DOGE - motives and intention, and the amounts of money cut and saved... Why have so…

William M. Briggs

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

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

Surgeon General Demands Label War Against Wine