William M. Briggs

Is Mandatory Vaccination Against COVID-19 Precautionary? — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp

This post originally ran at Hanekamp's own site1. He is a chemist and theologian. My love and I are fortunate enough to have three children, now in their twenties. They…

Statistics

Coronavirus Update XXVI: Mandatory Vaccines & Criminalization For Refusal Suggested

Shoot Up https://twitter.com/Surgeon_General/status/1233725785283932160 That was then. This is now: Defeat COVID-19 by requiring vaccination for all. It's not un-American, it's patriotic. More: "Make vaccines free, don't allow religious or personal…

Book review

The Vanishing Tradition: Perspectives On American Conservativism–Edited by Paul Gottfried, Reviewed

This is a good book to get into the hands of normie conservatives. Small-c classical so-called conservatives. I mean those who think they are true men of the Right but…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Not All Rewards & Punishments Are Equal

Previous post. My stripes are many and deep. THAT NOT ALL REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS ARE EQUAL 1 Since divine justice requires, for the preservation of equality in things, that punishments…

Culture

The Mass Mask — Guest Post by Uncle Mike & Rebuttal by Briggs

Uncle Mike Speaks Following this piece is a rebuttal by Yours Truly It has come to my attention that some people resent having to wear a face mask when attending…

Statistics

How To Really Check For Global Warming: Reader Question

From Alan Tomalty we have this question: No one has been able to separate out the amount of warming due to natural causes and amount due to CO2. Therefore I…

Fun

Prediction: Biden’s Minders Won’t Let Him Debate

https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1290971428813242368 It's cheating to start with this clip of Biden's mental f--- Biden's mental f--- Biden's mental fitness, but politics is war. My favorite part, incidentally, is around 45 seconds…

Podcast

Conservative Casual Friday (Now Wednesday)—Statistician to the Stars Debunks Coronadoom

Two great radio shows, featuring not-so-great Yours Truly. Andrew Harrod of Global Patriot Radio kindly interviewed me last Friday on his show, Conservative Casual Friday--Statistician to the Stars Debunks Coronadoom,…

shawn marshall on Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGIFebruary 9, 2026
I asked Grok to assign probabilities to all the known facts about the Shroud of Turin and then calculate a…
Rudolph Harrier on Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGIFebruary 9, 2026
It's an interesting thought experiment. However, we will never have a practical implementation of the test because it would be…
Briggs on Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGIFebruary 9, 2026
hudbwu, You could be right.
hudbwu on Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGIFebruary 9, 2026
Caution: it may be that intelligence can not be confirmed by any behavioral test. For example, free will can not…
Lucy Tucker on How Women’s Equality In Democracies Changes Voting (And Everything Else)February 5, 2026
I’m ready to give up the right to vote.

William M. Briggs

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

Class 75: A Gentle Introduction To Time Series

The Consent Fallacy

On Laws Banning Hacking Women’s Genitals & Imposing Beliefs

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Why The Drake Equation Fails