William M. Briggs

Vatican Nixes Gay Unions: The Usual Meltdown Ensues

In a surprise move, the Vatican, with Francis's approval, answered "negative" to the question "Does the Church have the power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the…

Statistics

Has The Surrender To Reality Begun? — Coronavirus Update LVII

ALAS, NO DOOM Remember the wild wails of coming doom predicted with Texas returned to liberty? Didn't happen. Left column: fear-based states. Right column: liberty-based states. Seems the coronadoom doesn't…

Culture

Not Speaking Out Against “Racism” Will Now Get You Canned

Georgetown Adjunct Law Professor---stop me if you've heard this one before---Sandra Sellers, was on a "Zoom" call with another prof, one David Batson, when she said her black students were…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Arius’s Opinion On The Divinity Of Christ

Previous post. It would be well, if you recall, how this particular story ended. The errors spoken of here won't be refuted until next week. THE OPINION OF ARIUS ABOUT…

Fun

Support Ricky Vaughn & Other Based Political Dissidents

Ricky Vaughn, you will recall, was arrested for the non-crime of posting a funny meme. It ridiculed dumb voters and teased our rulers. Incidentally, anybody who takes memes seriously probably…

Statistics

US Army Attacks! … It’s Own Citizens In Propaganda Blitz

https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1370114537882460160 So Tucker Carlson poked fun at the military making maternity flight suits. Which as ideas goes is right up there with hockey mitts for surgeons. Don't laugh! The worst…

Culture

Woke Meat Is Coming: Roast Cockroach & Other Impossible Delicacies

Children used to be able to see on TV crocodiles swallowing gazelles, lions gutting zebras, hyenas mangling lions, cougars beheading rabbits, wolves tearing into deer, bears doing to salmon what…

Podcast

Patrick Coffin Show: How You Can Tell They’re Lying About Covid—Dr. William M. Briggs

Patrick was kind enough to have me on his podcast. Here's his show notes (his title too): #223: How You Can Tell They’re Lying About Covid—Dr. William M. Briggs “There…

Neil Jordan on Class 79: Time Series ExampleFebruary 20, 2026
Does the passage of time cause ice, or does ice cause the passage of time? Mystical statistical court of appeals…
Johnno on The Importance Of Not Making DecisionsFebruary 19, 2026
But Briggs... we pay people to make decisions on our behalf... Government exists, and it MUST do SOMETHING!!! What are…
Johnno on AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest PanicFebruary 19, 2026
BRIGGS YOU FOOL OF ARTIFICIALITY! Aye Eye exists for one reason and ONE REASON ONLY! To INCREASE Shareholder Value! If…
JH on The Importance Of Not Making DecisionsFebruary 19, 2026
Maybe you mean “knowledge” instead of “belief.” When my daughter was in ninth grade, I asked her about evidence for…
gareth on AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest PanicFebruary 19, 2026
Yes "AI" is just computer models. Better - in the sense of more competent in tasks than before. This does…

William M. Briggs

Class 79: Time Series Example

The Importance Of Not Making Decisions

Don’t Take The ‘Long-Covid’ Alzheimer’s Study Seriously

AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest Panic

Class 78: The Attempt To Turn Correlation Lead Into Causation Gold In Time Series

Desperate Need For Equality: AP Exam Performance

Some Sanity: Experts Sued For Creating Gender Delusions

Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGI

Polar Bears Are Doing Fine: Activists, Not So Well

Impossible LSAT Statistics Question

How Women’s Equality In Democracies Changes Voting (And Everything Else)

Class 77: Trendy Trends In Time Series

Who Still Listens To AM Radio?

Scientists Invent New Name For Models: Digital Twins

What Science Says About Making Medication Mandatory

What A Winter

FDA Goes Bayes: It Should Have Gone Probability

Class 76: That’s Not Noise. That’s Signal!

AI: The Earth Is Spinning Faster & Slower (Because “Climate Change”)

Confirmation Bias In The Minneapolis Shooting

Sports Betting Is An Excellent Way To Lose Money