William M. Briggs

Probabilities For Unique Events, Like Nuclear War, Exists

This will appear obscure to you. It isn't. The errors here are fundamental, and cascade all throughout science. They account for, in part, why science has become so bad. The…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Solution To Objections To Original Sin

Previous post. The rebuttals of the objections. Not a short chapter. It may be helpful to open in a window last week's post to follow along. SOLUTION OF THE OBJECTIONS…

Statistics

Pfizer Adverse Events List Released: Plus An Update Of VAERS Analysis: J&J Deaths, Pfizer Injuries Younger

The judge-ordered release of the Pfizer docs happened this week (full link). Just when I thought we'd kicked the coronadoom habit. I don't want it to get lost: what we're…

Philosophy

The Hierarchy Of Intelligences & IQ: We’re Not As Smart As We Think

Let's think about degrees of intelligence; specifically, our knowledge of them. Now many believe that intelligence, vaguely defined, can be quantified to good, or even ideal, degree with IQ. I…

Culture

Journal Editors Demand Authors Provide Race, Gender: Force Scientists To DIE

There is, Nature, the journal of journals, tells us, a plan---a conspiracy, if you will---and not just a plan, but a giant plan--their word: giant plan---"to track diversity in research…

Statistics

The Last (Regular) Coronadoom Update!

This will be the last regular coronadoom update. I've already these last three weeks given up on numbering them. Almost two hundred, all tolled---get it? This will certainly not be…

Podcast

How Models Are Being Used & Abused In Science

I was interviewed by the Manipulation Check channel on YouTube the other day on, more or less, the philosophy of models. And how models are being used and abused these…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Objections To Original Sin

Previous post. Objections to the idea of original sin. Be sure to review. This week our good saint only lays out the counter-arguments. The rebuttals are next week. OBJECTIONS AGAINST…

Buzz on Against The Anthropic PrincipleMay 17, 2025
Aren't men supposed to keep their hair short and women long, according to the Bible? Regarding the image.
Johnno on The Nuances and Challenges of Federal Funding for Research — Guest Post by An AcademicMay 16, 2025
There is another casualty of university research funding. Foreign professors hired to do research but who can't teach effectively due…
Brian (bulaoren) on The Nuances and Challenges of Federal Funding for Research — Guest Post by An AcademicMay 16, 2025
I now live in Arkansas, but over the course of my life, I have lived in a good few countries…
N. Ominous on The Sun Made To Set On The British Empire – Via Science!May 15, 2025
<> Yes, it's utterly absurd, but I'm not sure that it is an argument not to do the experiments. If…
Tony Cooke on Class 50: Independence Versus IrrelevanceMay 15, 2025
if you are using an Apple PC then you can use MathCapture to get the correct presentation of the probabilities…

William M. Briggs

Class 50: Independence Versus Irrelevance

The Nuances and Challenges of Federal Funding for Research — Guest Post by An Academic

Eggs and ‘PFAS-Easter’ or Selling Fear on the Day of Resurrection — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp

Academics Call Pregnancy A Disease

Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In Models

Miracle Or Coincidence? What Are The Chances?

Reproducibility Crises Will Be Forever With Us Until We Abandon Classical Statistics

AI Cannot Hallucinate Nor Lie

Class 48: What Is A Model?

I’m Going To Sue Scientists Who Gave Me Apoplexy Over Claims Of Climate Liability

Researchers Tell Models To Say People Will Die Without Your Money

The Sun Made To Set On The British Empire – Via Science!

Class 47: Billions Of Models!

A New Physics Arises: Irreducible by Federico Faggin Reviewed

Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help Requested

Class 46: Explanation & Abductive Weakness

The Educational Empire Strikes Back

Can Jinn & The Evil Eye Cause Disease?

Science: The Bigger The Hole In The Head, The More Politically Active

Class 45: The False Hope Of Falsification

New Paper Says Flu Vax Increases Chance Of Flu: Let’s Look