December 9, 2024 – William M. Briggs

Class 31: How Views Diverge With New Evidence

Is Trump a Russian Asset? (This question accounts for the change in banner image this week.) What happens to belief when people learn new evidence about this curious proposition? Theory…

Phil R on Science Model Told To Say Masks Work Discovers Masks WorkDecember 11, 2024
Assuming there are no non-binary or transgender issues with the white people in the diagram, at least they are approximately…
McChuck on Science Model Told To Say Masks Work Discovers Masks WorkDecember 11, 2024
Well stated, sir. The map is never the territory. Especially when charted out by liars.
Hagfish Bagpipe on Science Model Told To Say Masks Work Discovers Masks WorkDecember 11, 2024
Briggs: "What we see here [in the graphic] is stanky noxious visible disease-ridden breath, containing particles of the very coronadoom…
McChuck on In Which Feynman Makes A Mistake: Negative Probabilities (Used In AI, QM, Finance)December 11, 2024
The main problem with negative probabilities is that the probability of anything is DEFINED as the range between and inclusive…
Johnno on Ridley Claims Materialists, Atheists, & Secular Humanists Don’t PreachDecember 11, 2024
Atheists are lazy bums who at the end of the day would rather study a rock and entertain fairy tales…