William M. Briggs

More Proof Hypothesis Testing Is Wrong & Why The Predictive Method Is The Only Sane Way To Do Statistics

Here it is, friends, the one complete universal simple function, the only function you will ever need to fit any---I said any---dataset x. And all it takes is one---I said…

Statistics

The New CDC Masks Mandate Study Is Not Good

https://twitter.com/ianmSC/status/1442965194150457344 How would you check if mask mandates worked in schools? I can think of only one way. Contrast kids in schools with mandates and in those without. Get them…

Statistics

Spartacus Speaks; Australian Head Knocking; MI Bright Spot; Causes of Death; More! — Coronavirus Update XCIX

Last week, there was some good news. This week, it's mostly bad. I AM SPARTACUS I am not the Spartacus, but I am Spartacus. If you have seen the movie,…

Culture

Vaccine “Hesitancy” Is Caused By Hersterics, Tyrants & Midwits

We're going to suppose, you and I dear reader, for the duration of this post, that the mRNA coronadoom vaccines work, just as hersterics, tyrants, and midwits say. By work…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Errors About The Incarnation IV

Previous post. Week 4 refuting arguments claiming Jesus was not the Word Incarnated. Like last, this is a simple week, too. But of interest to see how some controversies fade…

Culture

The Magic Of Science — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

There always comes a time when everything becomes clear. Even in the fog of battle. That thought defined the night of Sept. 14th, when Gavin Newsom retained his governor’s chair…

Statistics

First There Was Vaccine Passports, Now They Want Carbon Passports

Experts creating the coronadoom may or may not have designed it as a weapon. They did, however, design it to kill. Maybe it got out accidentally---stupidity is always a likely…

Culture

Nine Miles From Zion — Guest Post by Uncle Mike

Uncle Mike provides us a tasty white pill. Zion, OR, is a quintessential Oregon town, pop 15,000, on the east side of the Willamette Valley, hard against the Washalla River.…

Johnno on Academics Say It’s Morally Obligatory To Bioengineer Ticks To Stop You Eating MeatAugust 6, 2025
Put these academics in a box and ship them in a chilled container to General BBQ in Haiti in time…
Johnno on Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The ScienceAugust 6, 2025
BRIGGS YOU FOOL! This is good news! Put all of the lady conscripts on the front lines! I'll be here…
Johnno on New Definition Of Death To Increase Organ Harvest BountyAugust 6, 2025
That may happen JH, but some persons are very obviously objectively everyone-saw-him-in-plain-sight absolutely guilty. In fact it is overwhelmingly rare…
Brian (bulaoren) on Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The ScienceAugust 6, 2025
I am not surprised by these findings, just as I will not be surprised if a subsequent study finds that…
Pk on Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The ScienceAugust 6, 2025
crashed near Gilligan's island. . .now that's funny!

William M. Briggs

Class 60: Does This Guy Have ESP? 1

Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The Science

Academics Say It’s Morally Obligatory To Bioengineer Ticks To Stop You Eating Meat

New Definition Of Death To Increase Organ Harvest Bounty

Class 59: The Hardest Hypothesis In The World

The If I Were God Fallacy & Evolution

Universities Need To Be Made To Lose Prestige

Only Credentialed Artists Can Appreciate This

Does Watching TV Cause Autism?

Peer-Reviewed Research: Men Find Looking At Nearly Naked Women Distracting

A Week’s Vacation

Class 58: Hypothesis Testing Is All Wrong

Vegetarians Crave Power And Success More Than Meat Eaters Do, Study Finds

Jung’s Synchronicity & Coincidence

Reader Opinion Requested: What Science Do You Find Sketchy, Exaggerated Or Wrong?

Class 57: The Second Best Model

Don’t Lose Sleep Over Research On “Climate Change” & Sleep Apnea

What’s Wrong With The Golf Course Parkinson’s Study

The Unseen Bias In All Science

The Sad End Of Radio

Let’s Play A Game Of Let’s Suppose!

Class 60: Does This Guy Have ESP? 1

Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The Science

More Proof Hypothesis Testing Is Wrong & Why The Predictive Method Is The Only Sane Way To Do Statistics

The New CDC Masks Mandate Study Is Not Good

Spartacus Speaks; Australian Head Knocking; MI Bright Spot; Causes of Death; More! — Coronavirus Update XCIX

Vaccine “Hesitancy” Is Caused By Hersterics, Tyrants & Midwits

Summary Against Modern Thought: Errors About The Incarnation IV

The Magic Of Science — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

First There Was Vaccine Passports, Now They Want Carbon Passports

Nine Miles From Zion — Guest Post by Uncle Mike

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