This post first appeared in modified form on 29 Januarty 2014. It also appears (also modified) in Chapter 4 of Everything You Believe Is Wrong. Have you heard of Mesd-su-Re? One of […]
The Non-Wisdom Of Crowds And Voting
There Is No Wisdom In Crowds: Against Mass Voting
Today, an excerpt of Chapter 5 from Everything You Believe Is Wrong. This is only a brief excerpt from a long chapter which lists a number of voting fallacies and arguments against […]
Illegal Voting By The Numbers
This post originally ran 31 January 2017. Voter fraud is an old, old story. Old posts do NOT re-email to followers. How many votes in the past presidential election were cast illegally […]
Why Voting Is Bad & Other Topics from Everything You Believe Is Wrong — Podcast
Podcast from the Your American Heritage show from 15 January 2022. Show description: “Ed Bonderenka talks to Matt Briggs (wmbriggs.com) about, among other things, his book ‘Everything You Believe Is Wrong’.” Bonderenka’s […]
The Push For 16-Year-Olds Voting
If we have 18-year-olds vote for the executive office, why not 17-year-olds? And if 17-year-olds, why not 16-year-olds? And if 16-year-olds, why not 15-, 14-, 12-, and so on? A child of […]
The Threat Of President Meghan Markle Demands We Revisit Goodwin’s Anti-Suffrage Arguments
I awoke Tuesday morning to a horrifying, ghastly sight. One that depressed my soul more than I had thought possible. The cliche “it shook me to my core” cast off its crusty […]
Why Everything You Believe Is Wrong w/ Dr. WM Briggs — Podcast
I was on Pat Flynn’s podcast last week, during which he kindly interviewed me on the book that is shocking the nation, Everything You Believe Is Wrong (paperback, kindle). Once it is […]
An Electoral Train Wreck In Progress — Guest Post by Young, Droz, Davis & Belhar
S. Stanley Young, John Droz, Tom Davis, and Ray Belhar for The Science Team I am reporting for a pro bono team of computer scientists and statisticians, The Science Team. We have […]
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