William M. Briggs

Researchers Say Thoughts & Prayers Are Harmful, Confirmed With Wee P-Values

I don't know if Wall Street has a Science fund. If they do, short it. Why? Take this peer-reviewed paper by the two ladies Linda Thunstrom and Shiri Noy in…

Philosophy

The Moral Reason for Free Will — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor

Do human persons have free will? I would say so. And I will expound on a fairly common yet powerful argument for the existence of free will, viz., that moral…

Statistics

Those-Who-Enjoy-Sodomy Attacked With Tanning Salons! Wee P-Values Confirm

To prove that we are indeed doomed, and that we haven't even come close to hitting the bottom of the bottomless Pit Of Progress, this Newsweek headline: TANNING SALONS COULD…

Culture

Draft Realist Catholic Climate Declaration: Please Share!

Here we are, friends. As promised, Draft 2 of the Realist Catholic Climate Declaration. Draft 1 is at the bottom, with a summary of critiques. The goal is to have…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God Can Product Effects Without Proximate Causes

Previous post. Miracles are possible. This chapter is only an introduction. In two weeks, we get to the meat of miracles. THAT GOD CAN WORK APART FROM THE ORDER IMPLANTED…

Culture

The Week In Doom — Extreme Transphobia Edition

Item https://twitter.com/rachelvmckinnon/status/1178619997704327168 A man preferring a woman over a man pretending to a woman, and vice versa, is now "transphobic". This ramping up of insanity was expected, at least among…

Culture

ADL Lists 100%, Boots, Okay Sign, Bowl Cuts As “Hate” Symbols

The fund raising organization known as the Anti-Defamation League defamed basketball coaches the world over for their use of "100%", which is now an official "hate" symbol, and therefore "anti-Semitic".…

Culture

Good & Bad Bishops: The Lesson Of Dagger John — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Nobody understands anything anymore. That's not surprising. After all, we are sheep. And sheep are easily led. Even into the mouths of wolves. Who leads us there? Our shepherds, of…

mdub@peak.org on What Science Says About Making Medication MandatoryJanuary 26, 2026
Ten points to Brian! And here is your requested placebo: "The Scientist" (by Coldplay but I like this version by…
Sid Porter on What Science Says About Making Medication MandatoryJanuary 26, 2026
There is only one valid premise pertaining to The Science- “Knowledge is Good”.
Rich on What Science Says About Making Medication MandatoryJanuary 26, 2026
In 2010 in the UK the "Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants" produced a report called, "The Mortality…
Brian (bulaoren) on What Science Says About Making Medication MandatoryJanuary 26, 2026
May I propose a new form of medicalert bracelet? It would read; "I am a hypochondriac. If I am found…
McChuck on What Science Says About Making Medication MandatoryJanuary 26, 2026
Media and government (but I repeat myself) talking heads are not categorically different from Zardoz.

William M. Briggs

What Science Says About Making Medication Mandatory

What A Winter

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The Consent Fallacy

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What Science Says About Making Medication Mandatory

What A Winter

Researchers Say Thoughts & Prayers Are Harmful, Confirmed With Wee P-Values

The Moral Reason for Free Will — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor

Those-Who-Enjoy-Sodomy Attacked With Tanning Salons! Wee P-Values Confirm

Draft Realist Catholic Climate Declaration: Please Share!

Summary Against Modern Thought: God Can Product Effects Without Proximate Causes

The Week In Doom — Extreme Transphobia Edition

ADL Lists 100%, Boots, Okay Sign, Bowl Cuts As “Hate” Symbols

Good & Bad Bishops: The Lesson Of Dagger John — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

There Is No Culture Without Inequality: Stove 1

Impose Your Beliefs Before They Impose Theirs

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