William M. Briggs

The Kind-Hearted Magician — Guest Post by Kip Hansen

We have had a lot of seriousness over the last year. Covid Madness, possibly wonky elections, riots of the Left and riots of the Right, petty criminals become heroes and…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Understanding The Trinity IX

Previous post. There are about five or six more chapters on the Holy Ghost until we get to the filioque. And won't that be fun. THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS…

Fun

On Having Jewishness—“There Is No Permanent Cure”, Says Scholar

This, apparently, is the first draft of Donald Moss's peer-reviewed paper "On Having Jewishness", the final eventually appearing in the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. The original Abstract in…

Culture

Troy 2.0 — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

The question has fairly arisen: do I still stand by my prediction(s) made in my book, The Barbarian Bible. The answer, of course, is 'Yes'. Double yes, to be exact.…

Philosophy

Hung Jury: The Verdict On Uncertainty

This invited paper (which I forgot to post!) appeared in the festschrift for Hung T. Nguyen, previously at New Mexico State University and now at Chiang Mai University, to celebrate…

Statistics

Fabulous Fauci Falters; Vexxine Causes Most Harm In Those Least Needing It; More! — Coronavirus Update LXXIV

FABULOUS FAUCI FALTERS This is one on many threads concerning The Fauci Emails, which sounds like a tacky late-80s cold-war thriller. https://twitter.com/GraduatedBen/status/1399939387924811780 It's all there (complete link?): masks don't work,…

Statistics

The Claim 37% Of Heat Deaths Are Caused By Global Warming Is Absurd

The media has been reporting that 37% "of warm-season heat-related deaths can be attributed to anthropogenic climate change". They gleaned this from the peer-reviewed paper, "The burden of heat-related mortality…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Understanding The Trinity VIII

Previous post. Stick with it! We only have a couple of more chapters on the Trinity. THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TRUE GOD 1 One shows, of course, by clear…

shawn marshall on Iran Has Caught Covid: A Reason For The WarApril 6, 2026
unfortunately I think that is the reality....
Cary D Cotterman on Iran Has Caught Covid: A Reason For The WarApril 6, 2026
There are only eight countries, apart from the U.S., that have nuclear weapons. Iran has (or had) missiles that could…
shawn marshall on Iran Has Caught Covid: A Reason For The WarApril 6, 2026
i never watch Hannity or Fox. I'm afraid you misapprehend the fatalistic Shia eschatology. Your flippancy and arrogance are indicative…
Tars Tarkas on Iran Has Caught Covid: A Reason For The WarApril 6, 2026
Hey Shawn Marshall, stop watching Hannity and grow up. WTF do "mullahs" in Iran have to do with us? How…
Uncle Mike on Iran Has Caught Covid: A Reason For The WarApril 6, 2026
Ben Shapiro is the new Hitler, a raving genocidal fascist. I'm very sorry about the Bishop's heresy, which I saw…

William M. Briggs

Iran Has Caught Covid: A Reason For The War

Class 84: Most Important Measure of Model Goodness

There Is No Solution To Crashing Fertility: Good Times Made Soft Men

Did The Pope Really Say Health Is A “Right”?

All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A Model

It’s The End Of The World Again

Belgian Judge Wants To Arrest Little Nate Cofnast Because Cofnast Says Smart People Are Smarter Than Dumb People

Class 83: Why Were Paul Ehrlich’s Predictions So Good (and so Bad)?

The Great Effeminization of the Academy

The Only Metric That Matters: Or, Pinker’s Folly

Lancet Discovers Public Health Is Politics

Class 82: Be More Uncertain (About Models)

On Not Reading

The Great Smoothing: Another Reason Not To Fear (or trust) AI

A Synchronicity Or Coincidence? What Is Behind Curious Events?

Class 81: The Second Biggest Error In Time Series

The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In Kind

Researcher Imagines Weather With No Human Influence: Concludes Climate Change Hurts Incomes

Faith Deposited: Why Godless Science Fails

Class 80: Granger Causality; Per Se & Accidental Time Series; Stationarity

Scientists Seeking To Escape Criticism Run To The Warmth & Comfort Of Bluesky