William M. Briggs

The COVID Vaccine and the False Promises of Science — Guest Post by Robert Yoho

You have heard that Big Pharma, led by Pfizer, will deliver us from corona virus. There will of course be a vaccine, and it will of course be costly. Proof…

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Two New Podcasts: Discernable with Matt Wong & Chronicles of Strength with Pat Flynn

Discernable with Matt Wong Podcast, followed by Wong's show notes. 1:14 Worldwide reaction to Covid-19 4:27 Where has the flu gone? 6:08 Are lockdowns beneficial? 8:47 Cases vs Infections 11:55…

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Loathsome Unethical Academics React To The Kraken

Many will have already seen my analysis of Matt Braynard's poll asking people in several states whether they requested an absentee ballot, and whether or not they returned that ballot.…

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The Danish Mask Study Shows Masks Aren’t Worth It

HUFFIN', PUFFIN' & BLUFFIN' The blustery squid-stained panicked hersteric Nassim Nicholas Taleb---the man who called those who dared not run around screeching like teenage girls as he did at the…

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COVID Will Be With US Forever, So Calm Down: Coronavirus Update XLII

EFFEMINACY https://twitter.com/punditclass/status/1333111031103582208 Half of the entire world lost its mind. https://twitter.com/HansKoppies/status/1333443125881270272 Elderly Woman Euthanized to Avoid Anguish of Lockdown Loneliness Good morning, Doctor. "Good morning, Mrs Jones." Any updates? "Yes.…

Stats I Helped With In Sidney Powell’s Michigan Kraken

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Brian (bulaoren) on Did The Pope Really Say Health Is A “Right”?March 30, 2026
If our rights derive from God, and if the pope is God's primary interlocutor (Pontifax Maximus) can we sue the…
Robert Arvanitis on Did The Pope Really Say Health Is A “Right”?March 30, 2026
You are correct in one point. The American enterprise, unlike all previous societies, is for all Men. Not based on…
Brian (bulaoren) on All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A ModelMarch 27, 2026
Logic, empiricism, wisdom... These solvents are without impact for people who have, so often, survived them. I believe this is…
spetzer86 on All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A ModelMarch 27, 2026
It's interesting that the commenters using AI prove the point that the use of a model yielding apparently random results…
JH on All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A ModelMarch 27, 2026
When brilliant minds join forces with advanced computers that execute tasks with precision and speed by following instructions, they achieve…

William M. Briggs

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

The Loss of Ephemera — Guest Post by The Blonde Bombshell

Class 79: Time Series Example

The Importance Of Not Making Decisions

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

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

The COVID Vaccine and the False Promises of Science — Guest Post by Robert Yoho

Two New Podcasts: Discernable with Matt Wong & Chronicles of Strength with Pat Flynn

Loathsome Unethical Academics React To The Kraken

The Danish Mask Study Shows Masks Aren’t Worth It

COVID Will Be With US Forever, So Calm Down: Coronavirus Update XLII

Stats I Helped With In Sidney Powell’s Michigan Kraken

Three Words — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

On That Censored Johns Hopkins All-Cause Death Analysis

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