2021 – Page 36 – William M. Briggs

Try To Be Less White, You Racists

https://twitter.com/0x49fa98/status/1363896900370518021 May as well start with theology. Who, exactly, is disrespected or respected in this image, and why? With that warm-up exercise out of the way, let's discuss the plague…

Philosophy

A Simple Proof Mathematics Is Discovered And Not Invented

This came up in an email thread, but for the life of me I can't find it. Since this is the second email (thread) from a colleague I have lost…

Statistics

Model Moronicity, The Mask god & Cuomo’s Cut Throat— Coronavirus Update LIV

SICK Are you as sick as I am of these damned updates? Of idiot government overreaction and putrid public panic? SUMMARY Tests are dropping, as is positivity: you'd expect positivity…

Fun

Officially Denounced As A Dangerous Climate & Coronadoom Rogue!

So that Michael Mann guy, who might have taken a puck to the head one too many times, has denounced me as a climate rogue. And put me in the…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Son Of God Is God

Previous post. A short chapter, with a simple, profound thought: There is only God. A popular phrase in Arabic, if I am not mistaken. THAT THE SON OF GOD IS…

Culture

Nice Chest Feeders, Baby

Said it a hundred times before, but am forced to say it again. Our objection to transgenderism is not that some guy wants to run around in a dress---who cares?---but…

Culture

The Navy Becomes Woke

China is rapidly building its navy, and now has two aircraft carriers, double Russia and France's counts. Not that we can expect to go to war with France anytime soon.…

Philosophy Statistics

Dear Quacks & Experts: Your Loss Function Is Not Our Loss Function

Note to the colleague who wrote me. I lost your email! You asked excellent questions about the post Classical Statistics Has Outlived Its Usefulness: Here’s The Fix, which I meant…

hudbwu on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 18, 2024
Of course, the abolition of slavery was something the (Catholic) Church worked basically since day 1. And I'm pretty sure…
Cary D Cotterman on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 18, 2024
I know people (coincidentally all Democrats) who are constantly "masking up", testing, and getting boosted, who claim they've had covid…
Rudolph Harrier on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 18, 2024
This will last until they need an outbreak for a distraction and some other (minor) disease has naturally spread before…
Hagfish Bagpipe on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 18, 2024
Covid the "Boogerman of Maladies"? -- you jest Briggs but it's no joking matter. I had the sniffles once and…
Pk on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 18, 2024
I also heard on local radio that Covid is surging again. The reporter cited waste water analysis as how the…