William M. Briggs

Scientists On Average Growing Dumber: 11,000 Scientists Want You To Die To SAVE THE PLANET

We talked many times of the expansion effect. A small core of experts, real and true great (or at least good) minds on some subject, are injected by design with…

Statistics

We Have -12 Months To SAVE THE PLANET

There is a typo in the title. Not the negative. That's supposed to be there. We really do have negative time to save the planet. The typo, or rather inaccuracy,…

Philosophy Statistics

Subjective Probability Is Objective

Because certain forms of Bayesian probability, particularly so-called subjective probability, are being taken up in quantum mechanics, it's well to understand just what subjective probability is, if it's anything, and…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Things Which Looks Miraculous But Aren’t

Previous post. Always seek for the genuine article. HOW SPIRITUAL SUBSTANCES DO CERTAIN WONDERFUL THINGS WHICH, HOWEVER, ARE NOT TRULY MIRACLES 1 It was Avicenna's position that matter is much…

Culture

The Week In Doom — Bugmen Eat Bugmeat Edition

Item You will be eating replacement meats within 20 years. Here's why At the same time, concerns about how to feed this expanded populace, along with the impact meat has…

Fun

The Official Death Of Superhero Movies

Not all news is bad. Like this: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer are ready to save the world on the set of their superhero movie Thunder Force. Here's a live-action…

Culture

The Theology That Justifies Everything

This might seem like inside baseball, but it's worth reading because what happened gives a solid indication of the new world religion that is taking shape. Fr Martin tweeted this.…

Statistics

The Pozzing Of Medicine Continues, Lancet Editor Edition

Listen to this first; it's only a minute. https://twitter.com/DoctorsXr/status/1187377667928141824 My transcription: My name is Richard Horton and I'm editor of The Lancet. The climate emergency that we're facing today, being…

Neil Upton on Don’t Lose Sleep Over Research On “Climate Change” & Sleep ApneaJuly 10, 2025
some time ago it was said that to ensure a research grant the proposal should make reference to global boiling.…
Uncle Mike on Don’t Lose Sleep Over Research On “Climate Change” & Sleep ApneaJuly 9, 2025
The Climate Catastrophe paradigm is dead. RIP. The old adherents are howling at the moon, but Science has moved on.…
Cloudbuster on Don’t Lose Sleep Over Research On “Climate Change” & Sleep ApneaJuly 9, 2025
"New York and Ohio, which are cool" Please explain to my sweat glands how Ohio is cool so I shouldn't…
Cary Cotterman on What’s Wrong With The Golf Course Parkinson’s StudyJuly 8, 2025
There is a significant correlation between golf and the wearing of ugly pants.
Rudolph Harrier on What’s Wrong With The Golf Course Parkinson’s StudyJuly 8, 2025
Yeah, the second I heard "Olmstead County" my mind went to the Mayo Clinic too. Both the Mayo Clinic proper…

William M. Briggs

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!

Test Your IQ With These Puzzles! (Not So Easy!)

How Can You Tell If You Have ESP?

Class 56: The Best Model!

Sabine Hossenfelder’s Free Will Folly & The Deadly Sin Of Reification

England’s Mandatory Suicide & Women

On The Probability Of God

Class 55: Models Vs Reality

AI & Chess Both Produce Pre-Coded Output

The Hubris Of Experts: NIH Edition

The Mathematics Of Conspiracy Theories. Part 1: Black Eye Club Example

Class 54: Exchangeability & Parameters

Over-Certainty Of Polygenic Scores

AI & The Dilemma Of Technology

What Are The Chances Thomas Jefferson & John Adams Died On The Fourth of July, 1826?

Class 53: Laplace Was Right!