William M. Briggs

Subjective Probability Is Objective

Because certain forms of Bayesian probability, particularly so-called subjective probability, are being taken up in quantum mechanics, it's well to understand just what subjective probability is, if it's anything, and…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Things Which Looks Miraculous But Aren’t

Previous post. Always seek for the genuine article. HOW SPIRITUAL SUBSTANCES DO CERTAIN WONDERFUL THINGS WHICH, HOWEVER, ARE NOT TRULY MIRACLES 1 It was Avicenna's position that matter is much…

Culture

The Week In Doom — Bugmen Eat Bugmeat Edition

Item You will be eating replacement meats within 20 years. Here's why At the same time, concerns about how to feed this expanded populace, along with the impact meat has…

Fun

The Official Death Of Superhero Movies

Not all news is bad. Like this: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer are ready to save the world on the set of their superhero movie Thunder Force. Here's a live-action…

Culture

The Theology That Justifies Everything

This might seem like inside baseball, but it's worth reading because what happened gives a solid indication of the new world religion that is taking shape. Fr Martin tweeted this.…

Statistics

The Pozzing Of Medicine Continues, Lancet Editor Edition

Listen to this first; it's only a minute. https://twitter.com/DoctorsXr/status/1187377667928141824 My transcription: My name is Richard Horton and I'm editor of The Lancet. The climate emergency that we're facing today, being…

Culture

Cardinal Richelieu On The Necessity Of Non-Education

This excerpt is from The Political Testament of Cardinal Richelieu, chapter II (1642); numbers and paragraphifications have been added to aid readability. (1) Because a knowledge of letters is entirely…

Culture

Transanity — A Genuine Madness Of The Crowds

Remember that one time, right after women were awarded power that they didn't have to be given, but were, when nations all over the West banned alcohol? This was the…

John Pate on Reading Bryan Johnson’s The Immortalism ManifestoOctober 27, 2026
I long ago concluded that people like this are only fit for laughing and pointing at. They are mentally ill…
C-Marie on Reading Bryan Johnson’s The Immortalism ManifestoOctober 27, 2026
And, Jesus Christ? Lord and Saviour .... So sad, leaving out God our Father .... And the Holy Spirit ....…
Cary Cotterman on Reading Bryan Johnson’s The Immortalism ManifestoOctober 26, 2026
I'm probably going to croak sometime within the next twenty years, but at least I have the pleasure of being…
Tars Tarkas on Reading Bryan Johnson’s The Immortalism ManifestoOctober 26, 2026
There are thousand year old machines in England still capable of running, though not in general use. I saw a…
NLR on Reading Bryan Johnson’s The Immortalism ManifestoOctober 26, 2026
All of this is vast speculation. Is it possible for people to live much longer, hundreds of years? Maybe so.…

William M. Briggs

Reading Bryan Johnson’s The Immortalism Manifesto

Class 98: Limitations of Genetic Associations With Personality

I’m Thinking Of A Number Between 1 and 5 (that you can’t guess)

Against Numerology: Some Basic Calculations

Class 97: The Goal Of Models

Book Update

Sexual Assault Galore At Cornell

Class 96: Can Bayesianism Quantify True Belief?

Top 10 Reasons AI Will Never Become Superintelligence: It Won’t Destroy Nor Save Us

Viewer Asks: Why Do I Bother?

Academics Call For The Killing Of Babies In “After-Birth” Abortions

Irrational Rationalists: Effective Altruists & The Planet of the Ants

Class 95: Answering P-Value Good Uses Challenges

Whoring For Climate Change

Lady Academics Tire Of Being Judged By Peer Review

Class 94: Quantifying The Unquantifiable

PFAS and Preservatives: Entrenching Chemophobia through Everyday Stuff — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp

The MRS Degree — Guest Post by Johnathan Edwards

Politicians Demand “Right” To Be Protected Against AI

Class 93: P-values Challenge! List The “Good Uses” of P-value

Is the West Dying Out? The Demographic Crisis Explained: Jon Harris Podcast

Reading Bryan Johnson’s The Immortalism Manifesto

Class 98: Limitations of Genetic Associations With Personality

Subjective Probability Is Objective

Summary Against Modern Thought: Things Which Looks Miraculous But Aren’t

The Week In Doom — Bugmen Eat Bugmeat Edition

The Official Death Of Superhero Movies

The Theology That Justifies Everything

The Pozzing Of Medicine Continues, Lancet Editor Edition

Cardinal Richelieu On The Necessity Of Non-Education

Transanity — A Genuine Madness Of The Crowds

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