William M. Briggs

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Power Of Psychics & Witches Is Not Morally Good

Previous post. We finally get to the question of morality and real magic. THAT THE INTELLECTUAL SUBSTANCE WHICH PROVIDES THE EFFICACY FOR MAGIC WORKS IS NOT MORALLY GOOD 1 We…

Culture

The Week In Doom — Chick-Fil-A’s Cuck-A-Doodle-Do Edition

Item This is what happened first: Chick-fil-A To Stop Donations To Charities With Anti-LGBT Views As Chick-fil-A expands globally and into more liberal parts of the U.S., the chicken chain…

Culture

Special Pre-Doom Friday — Bloated Tranny Edition

Once again, I am overwhelmed with Doom. Once a week isn't enough for all the items; all I can do is highlight the items that move us fastest toward our…

Culture

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…

Book review Culture

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…

Rudolph Harrier on Class 83: Why Were Paul Ehrlich’s Predictions So Good (and so Bad)?March 19, 2026
It's always "I'm right, because all the experts say I'm right. You wouldn't want to disagree with the experts, would…
John M on The Great Effeminization of the AcademyMarch 18, 2026
Genesis 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman…
Cary D Cotterman on The Great Effeminization of the AcademyMarch 18, 2026
I can't read the titles or the excerpts without laughing out loud. They are comedy gold.
Michael 2 on On Not ReadingMarch 18, 2026
"I do watch electronic repair videos and old movies on YouTube (and not on a phone). " Same here. Big…
Tars Tarkas on The Great Effeminization of the AcademyMarch 18, 2026
I miss Z-man's Xirl Science segments in the Z-Man power hour. He would highlight articles like the ones highlighted here.…

William M. Briggs

Class 83: Why Were Paul Ehrlich’s Predictions So Good (and so Bad)?

The Great Effeminization of the Academy

The Only Metric That Matters: Or, Pinker’s Folly

Lancet Discovers Public Health Is Politics

Class 82: Be More Uncertain (About Models)

On Not Reading

The Great Smoothing: Another Reason Not To Fear (or trust) AI

A Synchronicity Or Coincidence? What Is Behind Curious Events?

Class 81: The Second Biggest Error In Time Series

The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In Kind

Researcher Imagines Weather With No Human Influence: Concludes Climate Change Hurts Incomes

Faith Deposited: Why Godless Science Fails

Class 80: Granger Causality; Per Se & Accidental Time Series; Stationarity

Scientists Seeking To Escape Criticism Run To The Warmth & Comfort Of Bluesky

The Loss of Ephemera — Guest Post by The Blonde Bombshell

Class 79: Time Series Example

The Importance Of Not Making Decisions

Don’t Take The ‘Long-Covid’ Alzheimer’s Study Seriously

AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest Panic

Class 78: The Attempt To Turn Correlation Lead Into Causation Gold In Time Series

Desperate Need For Equality: AP Exam Performance

Class 83: Why Were Paul Ehrlich’s Predictions So Good (and so Bad)?

The Great Effeminization of the Academy

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Power Of Psychics & Witches Is Not Morally Good

The Week In Doom — Chick-Fil-A’s Cuck-A-Doodle-Do Edition

Special Pre-Doom Friday — Bloated Tranny Edition

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

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