William M. Briggs

Insights on Philosophy of Beauty — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor

On the eve of the greatest beauty, an essay on what beauty means. What is beauty? It may be a little complicated to define how an object, thing or person…

Culture

Thieving Elites And The Fall Of The Republic

You've already heard about the so-called COIVD "relief" bill, which surely must be the longest bill in history, coming in at just under 5,600 pages. Foreigners benefited most. Like those…

Statistics

Ignore The Rules & Restrictions Like They Do: Coronavirus Update XLV

IGNORE BAD RULES https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1340872613892014080 Ignore the bad rules just like they do. Birx was the latest one caught flaunting the rules she knew were useless, and even harmful. You flaunt…

Culture

The Fight Must Be Local — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Anyone who says the Constitution is a living document is either a tool or an idiot. The Constitution is dead. As of last week, you have exactly zero rights. None.…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Man Cannot Be Freed From Sin Except By Grace

Previous post. A very simple pre-Christmas lesson. You cannot heal your mortal wounds yourself, for an offence that is infinite requires infinite power. THAT MAN CANNOT BE FREED FROM SIN…

Culture

Separate Red & Blue? They’d Never Let Us Go

"Rebecca", perhaps a descendant of Abraham Lincoln, took quill in hand to write "The Separation" at the American Mind. It's one of a spate of musings on the feasibility and…

Statistics

Diversity Is Our Weakness: Special Forces Edition

https://twitter.com/USSOCOM/status/1337041831247360006 For those that can't see the tweet from the "Official Twitter account for the U.S. Special Operations Command", it reads "'Diversity and inclusion requires action. It requires decisions and…

Statistics

JAMA: Evidence Government Solutions To Prevent Transmission of COVID Cause Transmission of COVID

Here is the opening of the abstract in the new JAMA paper "Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis" by Madewell et al. "Importance Crowded indoor environments, such…

Rhetocrates on The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In KindMarch 4, 2026
I disagree with the conclusion of the test. There is no need for panic or concern over the possibility of…
C-Marie on The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In KindMarch 4, 2026
God is!!! Well done, Matt!! Loved this! Great explanations .... even understood much of it at 82 years!!! Am sending…
CorkyAgain on The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In KindMarch 4, 2026
I rather like Sheldrake's idea that brains are more like radio receivers which resonate with or tune into signals from…
Cary D Cotterman on The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In KindMarch 4, 2026
I give up. I admit: I don't know anything. It's overwhelming.
Gwyneth on The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In KindMarch 4, 2026
I maintain that the human mystery is incredibly demeaned by scientific reductionism, with its claim in promissory materialism to account…

William M. Briggs

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

The Loss of Ephemera — Guest Post by The Blonde Bombshell

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

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

Insights on Philosophy of Beauty — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor

Thieving Elites And The Fall Of The Republic

Ignore The Rules & Restrictions Like They Do: Coronavirus Update XLV

The Fight Must Be Local — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Summary Against Modern Thought: Man Cannot Be Freed From Sin Except By Grace

Separate Red & Blue? They’d Never Let Us Go

Diversity Is Our Weakness: Special Forces Edition

JAMA: Evidence Government Solutions To Prevent Transmission of COVID Cause Transmission of COVID

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