William M. Briggs

Summary Against Modern Thought: Christ Was Born of the Holy Ghost

Previous post. I continue to hold that Holy Ghost is more evocative than Holy Spirit. THAT CHRIST WAS BORN OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 1 Although, of course, every divine operation…

Culture

Justice Anthony Kennedy Is A Satanist

Anthony Kennedy, while sitting as a Supreme Court Justice, in an infamous ruling wrote, "At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of…

Book review

The Don’t Just Stand There, Do Something Fallacy — Excerpt From Everything You Believe Is Wrong

In the talk I gave about The Most Infamous Coronavirus Model, the one that caused many governments to gleefully embrace panic, I made the point that an implicit premise in…

Statistics

Was Fisher Wrong? Whether Or Not Statistical Models Are Needed

The answer is yes. Or, if you prefer, no. It depends. Here's a long query about the subject from friend-of-the-blog Kevin Gray. Over the years many have disagreed about many…

Statistics

CDC Data: Up To 90% Or More Of Americans Already Infected

Seen this? That's the number of daily infections reported to the CDC -- which they mistakenly call "cases", but let that pass. The bump up is, as you've heard, caused…

Podcast

Why Voting Is Bad & Other Topics from Everything You Believe Is Wrong — Podcast

Podcast from the Your American Heritage show from 15 January 2022. Show description: "Ed Bonderenka talks to Matt Briggs (wmbriggs.com) about, among other things, his book 'Everything You Believe Is…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Christ Was Born Of A Virgin

Previous post. Hail Mary, full of grace. And so on. THAT IT BECAME CHRIST TO. BE BORN OF A VIRGIN 1 It is, of course, now plain that of necessity…

Culture

The Consecration Of Russia Was Accepted — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

I have a problem. I still find myself convinced that the Consecration of Russia hasn’t happened, correctly that is, because I have yet to see the promised result (peace &…

N.S. Palmer on The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David StoveJune 26, 2026
The problem arises because we sense a conflict of duties. Reason demands that we base conclusions on the evidence. Morality…
Cary D Cotterman on The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David StoveJune 25, 2026
Interesting, but he could have said everything he had to say in half as many words.
Brian (bulaoren) on The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David StoveJune 25, 2026
Whatever women's intellectual deficiency, they make up for it with raw animal cunning.
Dan MacDougald on The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David StoveJune 25, 2026
Paul Johnson, the great British Historian, in his "History of the American People," the US started down the road to…
Marbles! – William M. Briggs on Marbles!June 24, 2026
[…] I am on the road and am way behind on posts—I have a 3,500 word article on deriving Oughts…

William M. Briggs

The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David Stove

Marbles!

Class 92: Simple Optimal Decisions: PSA & Cancer Example

Math Is Epistemic Violence, Says Lady Academic

Truly Random Numbers Found?

Class 91: Try Not To Use the ROC Curve & AUC

Climate Change Increases Risk of Even Slower World Cup Games!

The Ultimate IQ Test: Guessing the Author’s Mind and Escaping the Infinity of Answers

Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?

No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke Coders

How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?

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