Briggs

The Big Worldwide Strike

Ignorant, a. Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened. [1913 Webster] Recall a group of ignorant kiddies skipped school a while back in order to shake their wee fists…

Fun

Winner Of Progeny Calamity, Genuine Ignoble Prize (Not THAT Ig Noble)

You guys knew you were in good company, but what you didn't know until today was that you were in the presence of celebrity. I am pleased---nay, thrilled---to announce that…

Class Statistics

Control Groups With No Cancers In Hormesis Data Sets

A well known paper by Duport et al. on radiation hormesis makes a statement about control groups which is not quite right. The paper is "Database of Radiogenic Cancer in…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Physics Cannot Show Our Wills Are Not Free

Previous post. Here's proof of the ultimate limitation of science. The will can be moved by physics (if you like) but only by violence. THAT SEPARATE CREATED SUBSTANCES CANNOT BE…

Culture

The Week In Doom — So Long, Whites Edition

I saw a Blue Cheka on Twitter argue that kids "of color" should have teachers that look like them. But I couldn't figure how midgets lecturing tots would help them.…

Statistics

The Conceit of AI

It helps every time you hear "AI" to think "statistical model". Because, of course, that's what AI is. Statistical models layered with clever data processing, that is. Curve fitting. Saying…

Statistics

Low-Hanging Molecules Have Already Been Picked—Most New Drugs Provide No Benefit

Remember the old stock scam? Call up 1,000 people and tell half Stock A will rise, and tell the other half it will fall. Five hundred people will be slightly…

Culture

The Religion Of Man Triumphant

The almost-blessed Archbishop Fulton J Sheen gave us in 1947 a paradox. He said then "that we are definitely at the end of a non-religious era of civilization". This was…

Dors on Should Doctors Be Put In Charge Of Making Decisions About Bodies?July 24, 2024
Steelmanning is hardly one of the strong sides of this post. ... You may be entertained, as well as horrified,…
Briggs on Should Doctors Be Put In Charge Of Making Decisions About Bodies?July 24, 2024
All, My enemies have a sense of humor, I see. Normally the typos they insert are embarrassing. This one is…
Gwyneth on Should Doctors Be Put In Charge Of Making Decisions About Bodies?July 24, 2024
Perhaps not just scientism. Years back (2004), I read an excellent book by french author Olivier Clerc (Medicine, Religion et…
Yonason on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 23, 2024
RE Hagfish Bagpipe‘s response above… LOL! Similar to my experience of experiencing reduced mental and physical function briefly after ANY…
Milton Hathaway on Reasons Not To Like Prediction MarketsJuly 23, 2024
Hagfish - I, too, had to laugh at the slot machine TikTok video. Yes, it's funny and it looks pretty…