William M. Briggs

Statisticians global warming plea: don’t forget about us!

Who doesn't love to read about statistics and statisticians? That's a rhetorical question, my friends, so don't bother answering. But I will allude to an answer, by telling you that…

Statistics

Ralph Peters gets his stats right: the New York Times purposely misleads

I'm a veteran and haven't killed anybody in years. But if you read the New York Times you'd be right to worry that I might. The Sunday, 13 January 2008,…

Fun

This is what happens when you allow actors to speak without a script

From the video where Mr Cruise identifies scientologists:? "You can see the look in their eyes, you know the ones who are doing it. And you know the spectators, the…

Philosophy

What can we learn about global warming from poor reporting?

From today's Syndney Morning Herald comes the headline: "Global warming to impact health". First, by impact the reporter almost certainly means influence, a more accurate, but far less energetic and…

Philosophy

A video worth watching

Take three-quarters of a hour and watch the following video interview with Anthony Daniels, a.k.a. Theodore Dalrymple. Daniels is one of our most thoughtful, intelligent, and compassionate writers on culture.…

Statistics

First documented casualty of anthropogenic global warming

It may finally be time to start worrying. The horrible effects of global warming look to have begun It is estimated that at the Battle of the Somme in World…

Statistics

Climatologists are nice people

Most warm weekends, you can find me in Central Park by the Tavern on the Green playing the beautiful game of petanque. This is the French version of bocci, only…

Fun

Reality overtakes satire once more: a legal joke goes by the board

You've heard the joke about the boy on trial for killing his parents using the argument that the judge should be lenient because he was, after all, an orphan? Well,…

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Great parting shot on the “Santa Math” episode: “Come back if you want to hear about the Easter Bunny”. Always…
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A very merry Christmas to all!
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Merry Christmas!!!
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Merry Christmas Matt, to you and to yours. and Jesus" precious love to us all and all of our families…
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John 1:5 - And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

William M. Briggs

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 Evils, 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)

Class 31: How Views Diverge With New Evidence

Ridley Claims Materialists, Atheists, & Secular Humanists Don’t Preach

What Health Insurance Should Be, But Isn’t

England Voted To Have Doctors Kill Their Patients

Emergence Is Substance; Entanglement Is Substance: Science Is Healing

The Advent Of Lousy Music

Russia’s New Paradigm — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Old Lodge Skins’ Prayer Of Thanksgiving

Facing The Inevitable — Guest Post by Uncle Mike

How To Read The Paper Claiming Semaglutide Reduces Cardiomyocyte Size and Cardiac Mass

Class 30: Hypothesis Testing Stinks I

Merry Christmas!

The Lesson Scientists Never Learn

Statisticians global warming plea: don’t forget about us!

Ralph Peters gets his stats right: the New York Times purposely misleads

This is what happens when you allow actors to speak without a script

What can we learn about global warming from poor reporting?

A video worth watching

First documented casualty of anthropogenic global warming

Climatologists are nice people

Reality overtakes satire once more: a legal joke goes by the board

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