Culture – Page 191 – William M. Briggs

Visualization Of Biblical Cross References And Supposed Contradictions

Chris Harris created some pretty graphics showing Biblical cross references and other such things. Below is the main result: The bar graph that runs along the bottom represents all of…

Culture

On The College Bubble—Update

Must-reading from the Wall Street Journal. Richard Vedder: "The Real Reason College Costs So Much. The expert on the economics of higher education explains how subsidies fuel rising prices and…

Culture

Loome Theological Booksellers

Have you been yet to Loome Theological Booksellers? Today's the day. I learnt of this place from Brandon Vogt's piece, Why Catholic Books Still Matter: An Interview with Christopher Hagen.…

Culture

On The Battlements Of Culture

Chick-Fil-A should be put out of business, the owners of its franchises stripped of all assets, and all its employees thrown in the street. No amount of pain is too…

Culture

Richelieu And Bacon On Education

From France in the Age of Louis XIII and Richelieu by Victor-L. Tapié translated by D. McN. Lockie, Praeger Publishers, New York, 1975, p. 172: He regarded a multiplication in…

Culture Fun Statistics

Baseball To Toss Tradition, Allow Replays

There is a lawyer in each of us struggling to claw its way out and sue. Yet most of us---because we learnt to heed our mothers and are kind to…

Culture Philosophy Statistics

That IQ And Atheism Study

A lovely, but not at all unexpected conceit, held firmly by a certain sort of atheist, is that he has based his non-belief on his superior intelligence. He quotes, "A…

Culture Philosophy

Belloc On The Limited Intelligence Of Scientists

From Hilaire Belloc's Richelieu, J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & Londen, 1929, p. 23, in the context of disproving the social theory of historical events, i.e. the one which claims individuals…

Colbert on Why I Don’t Want To Be Made To Support IsraelApril 18, 2024
Religiously, morally, historically, there's no argues for Israel. Especially religiously. Actual judaism is just a rabbinic scam, created 19th centuries…
Cary D Cotterman on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
How to think begins simply with thinking, instead of just hearing and obeying. Every time we think for ourselves, our…
Hagfish Bagpipe on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
That was a fun discussion. Never heard of Thorin, loved his scottish brogue. He has a good mind that makes…
Milton Hathaway on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
"the mere presence of an alternate explanation is useless" This brought to mind the latest reincarnation of the UFO (UAP?)…
Nate on Briggs You Tool! UFOs Are Real & Driven By Top Secret American Pilots, Insists ReaderApril 18, 2024
Damn this is from June. You just reposted on Twitter and here i am thinking it's today's post.