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What A Winter
January 20, 2026
FDA Goes Bayes: It Should Have Gone Probability
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Class 76: That’s Not Noise. That’s Signal!
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What A Winter

Posted by By Briggs January 20, 2026
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FDA Goes Bayes: It Should Have Gone Probability

Posted by By Briggs January 19, 2026
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Nature’s Law
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Nature’s Law

Previous post. The beginnings of natural law! THAT SOME HUMAN ACTS ARE RIGHT ACCORDING TO NATURE AND NOT MERELY BECAUSE THEY ARE PRESCRIBED BY LAW 1 From the foregoing it…
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Winnowing the COVID-19 Numbers — Guest Post by John Carver
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Winnowing the COVID-19 Numbers — Guest Post by John Carver

This idependent article shows how confusing counting coronavirus deaths are. Regular readers, no Doom tomorrow. This is going to be a preliminary investigation into the COVID-19 numbers being presented hourly…
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The Fifth Column & Coming War On Us — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
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The Fifth Column & Coming War On Us — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

I would like to preface this post with the following thought. Never depart for Moscow after the Ides of March. Unless you like Russian winters, of course. Bear with me…
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Coronavirus Radio Replay: And Notes On Welcoming Tyranny
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Coronavirus Radio Replay: And Notes On Welcoming Tyranny

I originally had this scheduled for Monday, but shifted to Wednesday because of the z-score mania. So I'm sure there can be many more things to add to this. Last…
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Coronavirus Update XII — Who Has The Right Numbers?
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Coronavirus Update XII — Who Has The Right Numbers?

All the good stuff, caveats, code, data sources and explanations are linked, some in Update III, and the most important in Update II, Update IV, Update V, Update VI, Update…
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Z-Scores Are Misleading & Create Panic: Or, How Not To Compare Pandemics
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Z-Scores Are Misleading & Create Panic: Or, How Not To Compare Pandemics

A number of people panicked to the point their minds have turned to quivering jelly, angry at my calmness, have been emailing and tweeting me the equivalent of "Oh yeah,…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Love Your Neighbor (The People Near You)
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Love Your Neighbor (The People Near You)

Previous post. Puritanism is not a viable option. HOW MAN IS ORDERED BY THE LAW OF GOD IN REGARD TO HIS NEIGHBOR 1 From the things that we have said…
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An Egregious Statistical Horror Story — Reprint Of George Gilder Column
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An Egregious Statistical Horror Story — Reprint Of George Gilder Column

Used with permission from the original American Institute for Economic Research article. Regular readers: No Doom tomorrow. With the latest reports of plummeting death rates from all causes, this crisis…
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    Energy bills will be up with this cold. I wonder what inflation will look like when winter is done? At…

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    Briggs, that sounds just dandy. You have important and challenging work to do. Work that rewards creative solutions and physical…

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    McChuck, That lieutenant must be at least a congressman by now.

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