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…

Brian ( bulaoren) on Musk Doges Deaths: Researchers Say USAID Absence Kills Kills Kills!June 29, 2026
If I had a hammer... I am now overcome with guilt about all the windshield squeegee men I've waved off.…
Briggs on The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David StoveJune 28, 2026
Erik, I think they did that hall walking scene just to show his magnificent head of hair wafting in the…
Hunter Tison on The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David StoveJune 27, 2026
Morality is denigrated by modifiers. Immorality is the opposite of morality. Our current morality as a civilization is immoral.
Erik Haaland on The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David StoveJune 27, 2026
When Lady Academic touches Briggs' papers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZirJkwu-2Q God bless, Briggs. https://cdn5.vedomosti.ru/image/2026/4d/ggqrd/original-lc8.webp
N.S. Palmer on The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David StoveJune 26, 2026
The problem arises because we sense a conflict of duties. Reason demands that we base conclusions on the evidence. Morality…

William M. Briggs

Musk Doges Deaths: Researchers Say USAID Absence Kills Kills Kills!

The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David Stove

Marbles!

Class 92: Simple Optimal Decisions: PSA & Cancer Example

Math Is Epistemic Violence, Says Lady Academic

Truly Random Numbers Found?

Class 91: Try Not To Use the ROC Curve & AUC

Climate Change Increases Risk of Even Slower World Cup Games!

The Ultimate IQ Test: Guessing the Author’s Mind and Escaping the Infinity of Answers

Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?

No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke Coders

How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?

Class 90: Simple (Optimal) Decisions

Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living Longer

Blessed Memorial Day; No Class; See You Wednesday

Why There Are (Probably) No UFOs: “Climate Change”

Creating Microbial Monsters To Terrorize Ourselves

Class 89: The Measure Most Modelers Forget: Skill Examples

The Shocking Conclusion of the HR Trilemma!

The HR Trilemma: Which Door Decides Your Fate?

Capital Punishment Deters Crime More Than The Death Penalty

Musk Doges Deaths: Researchers Say USAID Absence Kills Kills Kills!

The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David Stove

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

Telekinesis: Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification

The Physics Of Blessings: Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification