William M. Briggs

Cultural Appropriation Guarantees Tribal Politics, Anti-People-Of-No-Colorism

It is interesting to examine to what extent the progressive, SJW idea of "cultural appropriation" is unique and in how it fits in with their overall narrative. As an example…

Culture Statistics

The Fading Of Christianity In Numbers. Embracing The Dying Of The Light?

An interesting statistic, the source of which I do not know and therefore cannot verify, shows that those who claim they are "not religious" is increasing in North Africa. Libya…

Culture

Synod Leaders Sign Pact Of Extreme Global Warming, Silly Walks

Over the weekend, so ace report Edward Pentin tells us, leaders at the Amazon Synod signed a document "Pact of the Catacombs for the Common Home", an echo of an…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: On Miracles

Previous post. It's a miracle! ON MIRACLES 1 Things that are at times divinely accomplished, apart from the generally established order in things, are customarily called miracles; for we admire…

Culture

The Week In Doom — It’s On Edition

Item Big changes to grueling Special Forces course draw scrutiny (Thanks to Bill Raynor for the tip.) For the nearly 200 candidates scrambling through Hoffman Forest at Camp Mackall, the…

Culture

Pew Says Trust In Scientists Up. How Depressing

Pew says "Americans' confidence that scientists act in the public interest is up since 2016". This surprises, because we have been tracking how science is becoming woker and woker, the…

Statistics

Epidemiologist Fallacy Strikes Again: Miscarriages And Air Pollution Edition

I love air pollution. Smells like progress. Good for you. Nothing healthier. Except smoking. There, now that that's out of the way, let's get to the paper "Air pollution-induced missed…

$Computers Finding Math Proofs Is Not A Good Idea$

Philosophy

Computers Finding Math Proofs Is Not A Good Idea

It is probably obvious that whether a proposition is (necessarily) true is different than proving, in some formal system, that it is true. It is also clear that if you…

Maypo on The If I Were God Fallacy & EvolutionJuly 29, 2025
Wow, (re)reading a TOFian essay makes it so blasted plain how much I miss the man. May he rest in…
C-Marie on The If I Were God Fallacy & EvolutionJuly 29, 2025
God is, and always has been, and always will be. It is your choice to exercise your free will, to…
hudbwu on The If I Were God Fallacy & EvolutionJuly 29, 2025
> If I were God, and loved rational creatures, I would make myriad rational species; He should come back in…
NLR on The If I Were God Fallacy & EvolutionJuly 29, 2025
What gets me about these kind of arguments is that they presuppose too much. People will have extensive debates about…
Briggs on The If I Were God Fallacy & EvolutionJuly 29, 2025
Cary, You have read incompletely. God is a necessary being, else there could be no world. That is the classical…

William M. Briggs

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!

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

The If I Were God Fallacy & Evolution

Universities Need To Be Made To Lose Prestige

Cultural Appropriation Guarantees Tribal Politics, Anti-People-Of-No-Colorism

The Fading Of Christianity In Numbers. Embracing The Dying Of The Light?

Synod Leaders Sign Pact Of Extreme Global Warming, Silly Walks

Summary Against Modern Thought: On Miracles

The Week In Doom — It’s On Edition

Pew Says Trust In Scientists Up. How Depressing

Epidemiologist Fallacy Strikes Again: Miscarriages And Air Pollution Edition

Computers Finding Math Proofs Is Not A Good Idea

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