William M. Briggs

The Lessons Of Clovis And His Anti-Arian Army: Part II– Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Read Part I Who are in these other unmentionable vehicles mentioned last time? Who else could be headed to the same GPS co-ordinates as the Humvee and the Falkatus? And…

Philosophy Statistics

Forget Randomization

I am only six months behind in answering thoughtful emails from readers. Here is one from Stephen Puryear: Dr. Briggs, please go back and elaborate on your ideas about why…

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A Stirring Spirited Speech: Bronze Age Mindset — Reviewed

Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,…

Culture

Pope To Critics: You Are Literally Ecocidal Hitlers

Da Pope: According to Pope Francis, acts such as the massive pollution of air, land and water resources, large-scale destruction of flora and fauna, and any action capable of producing…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: How Psychics & Witches Really Work

Previous post. We're not talking abracadabra here, but the real workings of supernatural, somethings called paranormal, powers. WHERE THE PERFORMANCES OF THE MAGICIANS GET THEIR EFFICACY 1 Now, it remains…

Culture

The Week In Doom — Height Dysphoria Edition

Item Don Cherry Fired From 'Hockey Night In Canada' After 38 Years Over Immigrant Remarks "You people ... you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey,…

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Science Pozzed — Data Equality Edition: #waSTEMsummit Update

What science once was, it is no longer, as this on-going series demonstrates. Today, something which seems small, but which, alas, is not: the insinuation of the evil idea of…

Culture

The Lessons Of Clovis And His Anti-Arian Army: Part I– Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Did you ever play bumper-cars? Where you could make all kinds of idiot turns and cross all lanes, and ram people head on, without fear of any real damage? Where…

spetzer86 on Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The ScienceAugust 7, 2025
I'm assuming they only asked pilots of fixed-wing aircraft and not those rotary-wing pilots flying in the Washington, DC area.
spetzer86 on Class 60: Does This Guy Have ESP? 1August 7, 2025
A person could still game your system by doing something complicated but not impossible. For example, repeatedly selecting one card…
hudbwu on New Definition Of Death To Increase Organ Harvest BountyAugust 7, 2025
> Today they take people who docs declare are in “irreversible coma” etc. and not “brain dead”. They are wheeled…
hudbwu on Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The ScienceAugust 7, 2025
A simple way to improve the study is to fire the subjects that don't fulfil some perfomance criterion. That would…
Lou on Class 60: Does This Guy Have ESP? 1August 7, 2025
Hello, Class 60: I am sticking with it, and its not at all too difficult. Please keep going at your…

William M. Briggs

Class 60: Does This Guy Have ESP? 1

Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The Science

Academics Say It’s Morally Obligatory To Bioengineer Ticks To Stop You Eating Meat

New Definition Of Death To Increase Organ Harvest Bounty

Class 59: The Hardest Hypothesis In The World

The If I Were God Fallacy & Evolution

Universities Need To Be Made To Lose Prestige

Only Credentialed Artists Can Appreciate This

Does Watching TV Cause Autism?

Peer-Reviewed Research: Men Find Looking At Nearly Naked Women Distracting

A Week’s Vacation

Class 58: Hypothesis Testing Is All Wrong

Vegetarians Crave Power And Success More Than Meat Eaters Do, Study Finds

Jung’s Synchronicity & Coincidence

Reader Opinion Requested: What Science Do You Find Sketchy, Exaggerated Or Wrong?

Class 57: The Second Best Model

Don’t Lose Sleep Over Research On “Climate Change” & Sleep Apnea

What’s Wrong With The Golf Course Parkinson’s Study

The Unseen Bias In All Science

The Sad End Of Radio

Let’s Play A Game Of Let’s Suppose!

Class 60: Does This Guy Have ESP? 1

Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The Science

The Lessons Of Clovis And His Anti-Arian Army: Part II– Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Forget Randomization

A Stirring Spirited Speech: Bronze Age Mindset — Reviewed

Pope To Critics: You Are Literally Ecocidal Hitlers

Summary Against Modern Thought: How Psychics & Witches Really Work

The Week In Doom — Height Dysphoria Edition

Science Pozzed — Data Equality Edition: #waSTEMsummit Update

The Lessons Of Clovis And His Anti-Arian Army: Part I– Guest Post by Ianto Watt

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