William M. Briggs

Here is the opening sentence in the Abstract of a paper in the NEJM, as hilariously false as you are like to see these days: "Violence against women receives little…

This is a slow week, so I thought it would be amusing to look at a ham-fisted campaign the left is running to discourage Christian Trump voters. (As I was…

We at last meet Francois Babeuf, the impetus behind Stove's first essay in his book On Enlightenment. Our story picks up just after The Terror---i.e., the inevitable point in every…

Class proper will resume after Labor Day on 9 September. Link to all Classes. Jaynes's book (first part): Video https://videopress.com/v/neIxNeEL?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Links: YouTube Twitter Rumble Bitchute (often a day or so…

So a 184-foot yacht named Bayesian sank while anchored in a freak windstorm off Sicily. Its billionaire owner now sleeps with the fishes. The name of the boat naturally brings…

"It bears repeating over and over," opened a recent Nature editorial on suing over "climate change". "The science is not in question." Now why would a "the science" that is…

The Cult of Safety First! has what only appears to be contradictory, paradoxical beliefs. This is important because its members throughout the West have infiltrated all institutions of power, including…

Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science Link to all Classes. Jaynes's book (first part): Video https://videopress.com/v/MZXSWnmV?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Links: YouTube Twitter Rumble Bitchute (often a day or so behind, for…