William M. Briggs

Sabine Hossenfelder Tries, Using Free Will, To Explain She Doesn’t Have Free Will

Here's a video Philosopher's Cabin asked me to review. We met its author, Sabine Hossenfelder, before, when she was trying to explain how black holes enhanced Diversity, or the other…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: On The Priesthood

Previous post. Why priests are different. ON THE SACRAMENT OF ORDERS 1 It is, of course, clear from what has been said that in all the sacraments dealt with a…

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The Fall Of A Culture In One Minute Ten Seconds

It's all here, in this one video. The complete explanation for the last three years, and more. Sound on for the full horror: https://twitter.com/TansuYegen/status/1556154856787873793 I have been informed by Experts…

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The Model That Dutch Rulers Rely On To Claim There Is A Nitrogen “Crisis” Has No Skill

Some rulers say there is a nitrogen "crisis", and others say there is a climate "crisis". There is no nitrogen "crisis", and there is no climate "crisis", neither. But since…

Culture

National Science Foundation: White Scientists Superior To Black & Asian Scientists

I, like you might be after you see it, was surprised after I saw that the National Science Foundation, the source for funding for the so-called hard sciences, came right…

Culture

Who In The Regime Ordered The FBI To Raid Trump’s Home?

Site was down for several hours this morning; the server was out. Might go out again. The initial reports that the FBI was searching for a racist noose spotted in…

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Canada’s Science Coronadoom Model Discovers Canada’s Science Saved 800 Thousand Lives

Repeat after me: all models only say what they are told to say. Here it is, right from the hole of Theresa Tam (you recall it was that Canadian official's…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Extreme Unction

Previous post. It is well to remember that someday you will die. ON THE SACRAMENT OF EXTREME UNCTION 1 Now, the body is the instrument of the soul, and an…

C-Marie on Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living LongerMay 28, 2026
Once a woman becomes pregnant, she is a mother, and the man who gave his sperm is a father. When…
Gail Finke on Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living LongerMay 27, 2026
Guttmacher's numbers of pre-Roe abortions are hugely inflated. They had an interest in making those numbers higher (convincing people that…
Johnno on Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living LongerMay 27, 2026
Well, hopefully they enjoy those longer lives while they last, because there is an eternity in Hell waiting for them…
~Nona on Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living LongerMay 27, 2026
Self-serving comment? Maybe. BUT it was really interesting to read. As a child I lived next door to a centenarian.…
Cary D Cotterman on Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living LongerMay 27, 2026
When I was a kid, in the 1960s in the U.S., every adult in my family, and most of their…

William M. Briggs

Class 90: Simple (Optimal) Decisions

Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living Longer

Blessed Memorial Day; No Class; See You Wednesday

Why There Are (Probably) No UFOs: “Climate Change”

Creating Microbial Monsters To Terrorize Ourselves

Class 89: The Measure Most Modelers Forget: Skill Examples

The Shocking Conclusion of the HR Trilemma!

The HR Trilemma: Which Door Decides Your Fate?

Capital Punishment Deters Crime More Than The Death Penalty

How Experts Use “Calamities” to Find Official Victims & Gain Power

Richard Dawkins, The Big Muscles Fallacy & AI Pachinko

Class 88: The Most Neglected Concept: Skill

The Red-Blue Button Dilemma & Its Surprising Answer

UFO Reports About To Blast Off!

Class 87: Calibration & Conformal Prediction: Examples

Noticing Differences Between Races Does Not Pay

What Are The Chances Of All These Scientists Dying, Killed, Or Going Missing?

Class 86: Calibration & Conformal Prediction: Theory

How A Miracle Turns Mundane

Contest Winner Announced!

Trump’s Last Stand: Mea Culpa, Redux — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Class 90: Simple (Optimal) Decisions

Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living Longer

Sabine Hossenfelder Tries, Using Free Will, To Explain She Doesn’t Have Free Will

Summary Against Modern Thought: On The Priesthood

The Fall Of A Culture In One Minute Ten Seconds

The Model That Dutch Rulers Rely On To Claim There Is A Nitrogen “Crisis” Has No Skill

National Science Foundation: White Scientists Superior To Black & Asian Scientists

Who In The Regime Ordered The FBI To Raid Trump’s Home?

Canada’s Science Coronadoom Model Discovers Canada’s Science Saved 800 Thousand Lives

Summary Against Modern Thought: Extreme Unction

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