June 2024 – William M. Briggs

The Debate: A Key Moment In The History Of Comedy. Plus Predictions

How's this prediction from 6 October 2023 looking? Here's the link to the original: blog, Substack. Of course, it might not happen. Biden's ravening ego and criminal history (and thus…

Statistics

Is This The Dumbest Science Ever?

If this isn't the dumbest science ever, it's close. The peer-reviewed paper is "The effect of temperature on language complexity: Evidence from seven million parliamentary speeches" by Risto Conte Keivabu…

Philosophy

Impose Your Beliefs Before They Impose Theirs

Headline from MSN: "Jewish senators alarmed by Alito’s pro-Christian agenda". Jewish Democratic senators are alarmed by conservative Justice Samuel Alito’s sympathy for basing government on Christian principles — something he…

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The Probability Of Being Accused Of The Hate Crime Of Disparate Impact Approaches 1

You're an employer who has to hire 100 employees to get your Meme Factory running. You'll hire the first 100 who come in the door. Given this information (and what…

Class

Class 11: One Son Born Tuesday & Relevance. Update: Homework Added!

Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science Link to all Classes. Video Links: YouTube Twitter Rumble Bitchute HOMEWORK: RELEVANCE. A psychic is guessing cards from a standard poker deck…

Culture

The Misinformation Dis(mis)course Revisited : The Losing Battle of The Academic Expertocracy — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp

Introduction Some time ago I wrote about The science of fake news. I must confess, I find this misinformation discourse thoroughly boring. Why? Because it reveals the most plebeian of human…

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Life Outside Earth: Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification

SF writes: I’m reading Benedict XVI’s “In the Beginning” and he said something that has me thinking. According to Monod, there is in the universe not only necessity but also…

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Unleash The Infected Mosquitos!

Experts are harvesting a mutant strain of wolbachia bacteria, infecting male mosquitos with it, and then releasing those infected male mosquitoes into Hawaiian airspace, in the hopes that these infected…

Paul Murphy on Russia’s New Paradigm — Guest Post by Ianto WattNovember 29, 2024
where to start.. 1 - I think the Chinese conspiracy vision of what's going on between Russia and the EU/US…
Michael Dowd on Russia’s New Paradigm — Guest Post by Ianto WattNovember 29, 2024
Alternate essay topic based on Trump hiring war mongering types for his administration. He did this because he and his…
SHAWN E MARSHALL on Russia’s New Paradigm — Guest Post by Ianto WattNovember 29, 2024
It seems the Bear has castrated Uncle Sam with a much smaller defense budget, The Military Industrial Complex in the…
Codex on How To Read The Paper Claiming Semaglutide Reduces Cardiomyocyte Size and Cardiac MassNovember 29, 2024
Why would RFK kill all the cows?
Hagfish Bagpipe on Old Lodge Skins’ Prayer Of ThanksgivingNovember 28, 2024
An evergreen topic, Briggs. Thanks for posting it once again.