September 2014 – Page 3 – William M. Briggs

Scenes From A Mid-Sized University

A couple of small but notable items, lifted from one issue of a mid-sized university school newspaper. "Student success is a major component of the strategic plan..." Component? Strategic plan?…

Culture

Mark Zuckerberg Dresses Like A Bum

Why I am writing about this, what might seem to you, not-too-pressing subject? The answer is discovered below. Before the reveal, an example of an ad hominem fallacy: "Facebook is…

Philosophy

On The Truth And Knowing Why

Guy walks up to you in the street and says, "If f is some continuous function on the closed interval a to b, and if you take the definite integral…

Statistics

More On Randomness

I took this picture yesterday (using my mom's phone: mine can't offload photos) at the start of the cul de sac, at the bottom of which lies the first job…

Fun

Up North At The Lake, With No Phone, Computer, TV

Chris doesn't have a computer. And he doesn't want one. He's my age and works at the Dobleski Marina as a mechanic. He has a house, family, couple of cars,…

Philosophy

Comprehensive List Of Catholic Dogmas Refuted By Science

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Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God Is Not A Body. Update

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. Update I…

Statistics

Yet Another Author Claims Statistically Significant Temperature Change. 99.999%!

Update 6 Sep 2014 Yet another another another study has claimed "statistical significance", this one by Philip Kokica, Steven Crimpc, and Mark Howdend. "A probabilistic analysis of human influence on…

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…
Forbes on Reasons Not To Like Prediction MarketsJuly 23, 2024
The "prediction" betting market that blew it big time was Brexit. The bookies (well, some) even paid out winnings in…
Hagfish Bagpipe on Reasons Not To Like Prediction MarketsJuly 23, 2024
That video of people robotically hitting buttons on a machine like lab maze rats chasing dopamine cheese is hilarious. Those…
Briggs on Class 14: No “UNfair” Dice & 1, 2, 3, Many!July 23, 2024
gareth, If n = whatever, and k = 0,1,2,..., n. Then n - k = 0 at the end. And…