Culture – Page 21 – William M. Briggs

“Listen To The Science!” Is Scientism: “Listen To The Science!” Means “Listen To Me!”

Listen to the podcast at YouTube, Bitchute, or Gab. Our culture is saturated in scientism. Scientism comes in various forms. One is the belief that all knowledge is scientific --…

Culture Philosophy

Why The Continuing Appeal Of The Appeal To Non-Authority Fallacy?

Listen to the podcast at YouTube, Bitchute, or Gab. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce to you proof that "climate change" has completed its transformation from Science into yet…

Culture

More Standards Brutally Gutted, Left To Bleed Out In Dark Alleys: LSATs Dropped Because Diversity

Listen to the podcast at YouTube, Bitchute, or Gab. One thing we should know about models by now is that those that make good, skillful predictions should be trusted at…

Culture

What Do You Get When You Marry Stochastic Terrorism With Hypocrisy?

Dear CS, hope you see this. Thanks! You didn't leave your email. You can listen to the podcast at YouTube (my strike for mentioning forbidden Reality expired), Bitchute, or Gab.…

Culture Podcast

Academics Argue: (1) Do Not Save Drowning Children Because Meat, (2) Food Will Destroy The Planet

You cannot listen at YouTube, because Reality censors banned me for at least one week for yesterday's video. But you can listen at BitChute. I have long distinguished the difference…

Culture

Election Open Thread: We Did It To Ourselves Again

I am pleased to announce my prediction came true. On Monday, I said "My prediction is that Unhappiness increases, regardless who wins whatever offices." Nailed it. Maxine Waters won re-election.…

Culture

Voting In Democracies Causes Discord, Increases Strife & Causes Divisions

Until I get all the iTunes and other feeds sorted, I'll just put the podcast on YouTube or BitChute. Tomorrow is Election Day. My prediction is that Unhappiness increases, regardless…

Culture

Serf’s Up! — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Haven’t said much lately. Been little to say. Simply time to watch. Watch the Emperor’s men, watch Vlad. Decisions approach as the rain ends, the ground freezes and the ballots…

Briggs on Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In ModelsMay 9, 2025
JH, My IQ is simplicity itself to estimate. I have no IQ. Pick up any stats books and look under…
JH on Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In ModelsMay 9, 2025
Is there evidence that people believe probabilities, parameters, or mathematical objects exist physically in nature? The fact that mathematicians use…
JH on Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In ModelsMay 9, 2025
Relevance is made more difficult when Y is allowed to vary, but the underlying idea is the same. Probability offers…
Tim on Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In ModelsMay 8, 2025
What are you playing at, Briggs? Some high-falutin' model equation junk that'll get twisted by politicians in the end anyway?…
Milton Hathaway on AI Cannot Hallucinate Nor LieMay 8, 2025
I have been making heavy use of the more well-known LLMs lately. I use them almost exclusively as "regurgitation engines",…