William M. Briggs

Blot Out The Sun Say Our Friends & Benefactors, The Scientists

In old science fiction movies the mad scientist was a lone genius intent on world domination. He usually had a grudge against his colleagues for ignoring or slighting his obvious…

Culture

White House Backing Down On Vaccine Passports: Beginning Of The End Of The Panic?

The oligarchs behind Biden are backing down on the vaccine passports. According to The Hill: White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday ruled out the Biden administration playing any…

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One World Government To End All Pandemics; The Canceling Of John Ioannidis; More! — Coronavirus Update LX

YOU HAVE TO LAUGH Earlier I said 2020 was the year experts pretended to forget all they knew about viruses. I have to correct. I now say 2020 and 2021…

Culture Philosophy

How A Science Becomes THE Science

Our main concern is what has become of science, now often called by those who control it The Science. This is, as mentioned, the Cult of Science. Members are easy…

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Sadly, Coronadoom Is Not The 2020 Leading Cause Of Death

It came as a surprise to many that people in 2020 died of other diseases than the coroandoom. Can you believe it? Not only that, but more of them died…

Culture

Pundits Praise Satan Shoes & Demonic Dances

Montero Lamar Hill, with stage name Lil Nas X, has released both a song and a pair of shoes. Both are of note. The song is MONTERO (Call Me By…

Culture Philosophy

We Know Our Son Is Our Daughter: A Mini-Play In One Act

Say, Jesse, how ya been? Step in any more poop on the golden streets of Frisco? "Very funny. You know, that's awfully close to being racist." That so? What can…

JDinPA on Iran Has Caught Covid: A Reason For The WarApril 6, 2026
Cary D Cotterman: You’ve made a case, at most, for one or more of the nations of Western Europe going…
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…

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