William M. Briggs

Summary Against Modern Thought: On Bodily Resurrection

Previous post. What comes after "the end". The proofs here are, as should be obvious, almost entirely scripture-based. THAT THROUGH CHRIST THE RESURRECTION OF BODIES IS TO COME 1 Now,…

Culture

Take This Quiz And Learn If Should You Be A Racist!

Should I Be A Racist? Quiz 1. You're walking down West 20th Street, heading toward 10th Avenue. (A trip Yours Truly made on foot hundreds of times. I once worked…

Statistics

The Pandemic Is Over, Biden Said. No! We Need It, Experts Said

It's always fun when Biden is not under strict supervision---super vision; apt, that, in our technological age. Were those earplugs? Anyway, when not in the eye, he usually ends up…

Statistics

Why Principal Component Analysis Ain’t All That

My enemies managed to change the spelling of Principal in the title. They are everywhere. Principal Component Analysis There is an extremely popular analytic technique called Principal Component Analysis, or…

Culture

The Bizarre, And Really Quite Hilarious, Belief In Male & Female Equality

Marilyn "vos Savant" scored one major victory in her life. (More than most.) She correctly (copied? noodled?) the correct answer to the Monty Hall problem. Which by itself is only…

Culture

The Greatest Reset Movie — In Which Yours Truly Has A Cameo

Last summer a pair of gentlemen came to interview me about the coronadoom. It was to be for the movie The Greatest Reset. Which is now out. (It's free, but…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: On Matrimony

Previous post. We walk down the aisle this week. Today's lesson is: get married, have babies. ON THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY 1 Now, we grant that by the sacraments men…

Statistics

The Non-Wisdom Of Crowds And Voting

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?…

Rich on The Importance Of Not Making DecisionsFebruary 19, 2026
I dunno ...
hudbwu on The Importance Of Not Making DecisionsFebruary 18, 2026
True worlds of wisdom. Some years ago, I bonded with a fellow online when we discovered we both don't rush…
Uncle Mike on The Importance Of Not Making DecisionsFebruary 18, 2026
“Belief clings, but faith lets go.” - Alan W. Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of…
Brian (bulaoren) on Don’t Take The ‘Long-Covid’ Alzheimer’s Study SeriouslyFebruary 18, 2026
I'm still wondering if that Tucson AZ. sheriff checked the glove for long covid.
Tars Tarkas on The Importance Of Not Making DecisionsFebruary 18, 2026
People hold more than one kind of belief (more than the two I am mentioning). There are beliefs that are…

William M. Briggs

Class 79: Time Series Example

The Importance Of Not Making Decisions

Don’t Take The ‘Long-Covid’ Alzheimer’s Study Seriously

AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest Panic

Class 78: The Attempt To Turn Correlation Lead Into Causation Gold In Time Series

Desperate Need For Equality: AP Exam Performance

Some Sanity: Experts Sued For Creating Gender Delusions

Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGI

Polar Bears Are Doing Fine: Activists, Not So Well

Impossible LSAT Statistics Question

How Women’s Equality In Democracies Changes Voting (And Everything Else)

Class 77: Trendy Trends In Time Series

Who Still Listens To AM Radio?

Scientists Invent New Name For Models: Digital Twins

What Science Says About Making Medication Mandatory

What A Winter

FDA Goes Bayes: It Should Have Gone Probability

Class 76: That’s Not Noise. That’s Signal!

AI: The Earth Is Spinning Faster & Slower (Because “Climate Change”)

Confirmation Bias In The Minneapolis Shooting

Sports Betting Is An Excellent Way To Lose Money

Class 79: Time Series Example

The Importance Of Not Making Decisions

Summary Against Modern Thought: On Bodily Resurrection

Take This Quiz And Learn If Should You Be A Racist!

The Pandemic Is Over, Biden Said. No! We Need It, Experts Said

Why Principal Component Analysis Ain’t All That

The Bizarre, And Really Quite Hilarious, Belief In Male & Female Equality

The Greatest Reset Movie — In Which Yours Truly Has A Cameo

Summary Against Modern Thought: On Matrimony

The Non-Wisdom Of Crowds And Voting

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