William M. Briggs

Leighton Smith Podcast: Everything You Believe Is Wrong

Leighton Smith of New Zealand kindly had me on his podcast Wednesday. We discussed, among other matters, my book Everything You Believe Is Wrong. You know, the one my enemies…

Philosophy

Wait! Don’t Hit The Off Switch! You’ll Cause An AI Holocaust!

So there's this thing called lightning. Fire from the sky. Nobody knows why or how it happens, but every now and then...whizzz-cushhcracccck-boom! Fire from the gods explodes from the clouds!…

Statistics

Researchers Who Accept Regime Funding Should Disclose Their Conflict Of Interest

Shocking report in science money news came out last week. Seems "Six fossil fuel companies funneled more than $700m in research funding to 27 universities in the US from 2010…

Statistics

“Excess” Deaths, Vaccines, Iatrogenic & Other Causes Of Death

This took a long time to get to, because we were waiting, patiently, for the CDC to count deaths. They are always eight to sixteen weeks behind. This is of…

Statistics

Release The Variant! — Rulers Used Disinformation To Frighten You Into Complying With Failed Harmful “Solutions”

It has been, these last few weeks, a long string of one coronadoom "conspiracy theory" after another being confirmed as true. Update: note the date of the tweet: https://twitter.com/KonstantinKisin/status/1393201938724884481 Before…

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How To Guarantee There Will Be A Perpetual “Climate Emergency”

How to guarantee there will be a perpetual "climate emergency": Appoint a Minister of Climate Change. https://twitter.com/jamespeshaw/status/1631178382833770496 This Shaw is "Minister of Climate Change, Associate Minister for the Environment (Biodiversity)"…

Culture

Climate Change & Gun Violence Research — A Mini-Play In One Act

SCENE: A PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY DRAMATIS PERSONAE: TWO AGING PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMICS "Hey, dude, we're, like scientists. Maybe we should, like, do some research." "Yeah, man. Do research." "Do research. We definitely…

Philosophy

Super Truth-Seeing Mutant Beings Walk Among Us!

You've not been able to miss the Marvel universe, I'm betting, even if, like regular readers, you don't go to the movies. The characters are nevertheless everywhere, as is the…

Ray on Science Is Becoming FeelingsNovember 12, 2026
Remember the old song by Morris Albert? Feelings Nothing more than feelings Trying to forget my Feelings of love ETC.
John M on Pre-Order Everything You Believe Is Wrong (2nd edition)November 11, 2026
Yes, Happy Veterans Day from Petty Officer First Class John. I look forward to the book! I enjoyed the first.
Bill Hankel on Pre-Order Everything You Believe Is Wrong (2nd edition)November 11, 2026
An impressive list that I shall look forward to reading when my wife (or son) buys it for me for…
Brian (bulaoren) on Pre-Order Everything You Believe Is Wrong (2nd edition)November 11, 2026
Yes, time to stock up on necessities.
Cary Cotterman on Science Is Becoming FeelingsNovember 9, 2026
I'm still laughing about "Debolina".

William M. Briggs

Class 101: Entropy Part II

Pre-Order Everything You Believe Is Wrong (2nd edition)

Science Is Becoming Feelings

Class 100: Watch The Skies! But Only During Nuclear Tests?

After The Elections, The Book

The Solution To Evolution

Class 99: Entropy Part I

Book Update: Launch Date

Reading Bryan Johnson’s The Immortalism Manifesto

Class 98: Limitations of Genetic Associations With Personality

I’m Thinking Of A Number Between 1 and 5 (that you can’t guess)

Against Numerology: Some Basic Calculations

Class 97: The Goal Of Models

Book Update

Sexual Assault Galore At Cornell

Class 96: Can Bayesianism Quantify True Belief?

Top 10 Reasons AI Will Never Become Superintelligence: It Won’t Destroy Nor Save Us

Viewer Asks: Why Do I Bother?

Academics Call For The Killing Of Babies In “After-Birth” Abortions

Irrational Rationalists: Effective Altruists & The Planet of the Ants

Class 95: Answering P-Value Good Uses Challenges

Class 101: Entropy Part II

Pre-Order Everything You Believe Is Wrong (2nd edition)

Leighton Smith Podcast: Everything You Believe Is Wrong

Wait! Don’t Hit The Off Switch! You’ll Cause An AI Holocaust!

Researchers Who Accept Regime Funding Should Disclose Their Conflict Of Interest

“Excess” Deaths, Vaccines, Iatrogenic & Other Causes Of Death

Release The Variant! — Rulers Used Disinformation To Frighten You Into Complying With Failed Harmful “Solutions”

How To Guarantee There Will Be A Perpetual “Climate Emergency”

Climate Change & Gun Violence Research — A Mini-Play In One Act

Super Truth-Seeing Mutant Beings Walk Among Us!

There Is No Culture Without Inequality: Stove 1

Impose Your Beliefs Before They Impose Theirs

Telekinesis: Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification

The Physics Of Blessings: Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification