William M. Briggs

Randomization Isn’t Needed — And Can Be Harmful

Had a named person in statistics (Andrew Althouse) ask me about randomization, which he likes, and which I do not. "I want to compare outcomes for a specific patient group…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Divine Providence Does Not Exclude Fortune & Chance

Previous post. God exists. So go ahead and break out the dice! As long as we understand that chance only means lack of knowledge of cause. THAT DIVINE PROVIDENCE DOES…

Culture

The Week In Doom — Big Sister’s Hate List Edition

Item 'Doctor' Advises Threatening Suicide To Get Transgender Treatments For Kids Last month, Justice Gregory Bowden of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada ruled that a 14-year-old girl may…

Culture

Reader Help Request: Any Companies Requiring Diversity Statements? (Please Share)

Do any companies, anywhere in the West, require Diversity or Diversity & Inclusion statements? If you know of any, please leave details in comments below. If you'd like to comment…

Culture

Why Government & Corporations Grow Stronger

Government mandates, forces by pain of stinging legal penalties, corporations of a certain size to provide money for health care, of most kinds, to its employees. Health care is ridiculously…

Culture

Student Teacher Evaluations Now With Diversity & Inclusion Questions

Student evaluations have always been of little intrinsic worth. A student who did not learn his material is not the best judge about why he didn't, though odds are he…

Philosophy

Buttigieg Says God Made Necrophiliacs, Pedophiles

Mayor Pete is throwing God in the face of VP Mike Pence. The impossibly named Buttigieg says Pence should "raise his objections" about the non-reproductive sexual community "with God." "My…

Culture

The Intellectual Dark Web’s Progressive Beliefs. Bonus: Rogan & Shapiro

Daniel Miessler did us all a service by tracking down the beliefs of the members of the "intellect dark web". The term was, I believe, coined by the far-left New…

Briggs on Test Your IQ With These Puzzles! (Not So Easy!)July 4, 2025
John W, Garrett, You are welcome.
Richard S. on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 4, 2025
I'm sorry but must correct the record. I have been a radio fan since the early 1960s -- AM, FM,…
John W. Garrett on Test Your IQ With These Puzzles! (Not So Easy!)July 4, 2025
S.Sgt Briggs, Thanks for this near-perfect example of sophistry and thimble-rigging.
Briggs on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 4, 2025
JDinPA, CCReed, I see Cole's accusations, but he offers no proof. If he has it, he ought to give it.…
JDinPA on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 4, 2025
CCReed: That’s a disturbing take on the late Z-Man in at least two senses: 1) If true, Z-Man was perpetrating…

William M. Briggs

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!

Even The Woke Say Science Is Petering Out

Expert Nathan Confas: Experts Know Best

Science Claims 7% Of Adults Saw A Mass Shooting

Class 52: The Origin Of Parameters

The Sad End Of Radio

Let’s Play A Game Of Let’s Suppose!

Randomization Isn’t Needed — And Can Be Harmful

Summary Against Modern Thought: Divine Providence Does Not Exclude Fortune & Chance

The Week In Doom — Big Sister’s Hate List Edition

Reader Help Request: Any Companies Requiring Diversity Statements? (Please Share)

Why Government & Corporations Grow Stronger

Student Teacher Evaluations Now With Diversity & Inclusion Questions

Buttigieg Says God Made Necrophiliacs, Pedophiles

The Intellectual Dark Web’s Progressive Beliefs. Bonus: Rogan & Shapiro

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