William M. Briggs

Cornell University To Require Indoctrination To Graduate

Many of you thought Cornell had already leapt over the progressive cliff when they fired me and hired a lady sexual harassment lawyer to teach statistics. Not so. This only…

Culture

Building the New Internet — Guest Post by Jefferson White

It is now clear that the Big Tech oligarchies have become the primary enemies of the American future. In less than two decades, the original, radically decentralized Internet has been…

Culture

Citation Deplatforming All Men Women Don’t Like

The Chronicle of Higher Education (A Cathedral&tm; publication) asks, and asks in earnest, "Academic Ethics: Should Scholars Avoid Citing the Work of Awful People?" by Brian Leiter. Across academe, many…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: You Can Know Some About God

Summary Against Modern Thought: Limits Of Our Knowledge Of God Previous post. Last few weeks we learned there are limits to how well we can know God. This week we…

Culture

This Week In Doom — Deranged Psychology Edition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUVo1h2V9rk Note the change back to the original title. And video for the reading-impaired! I'm thinking of moving Doom back to Wednesdays, and leaving Saturday's blank. Item On Woke Capital.…

Statistics

Some Curious Results In World Poverty Rates — With Update People Say They Want (But Don’t)

The tweet above is from Human Progress. Thanks to @WrathofGnon for the tip. It shows the number of people by region who live "in poverty". It is a stacked line…

Culture

The Who’s-Dumber-Than-An-Academic Contest Has No Winner Yet

Headline From CNN! Memes may contribute to teenage obesity, lawmakers told Any comment I can make to this would be superfluous and would mar the crystalline beauty of its insanity.…

Philosophy Statistics

Next Time Somebody Asks You “What’s the Probability of X” Say This — Crucial Update!

Next time somebody asks you "What's the Probability of X", where X is any proposition, say this: there is no such probability. It doesn't exist. "Briggs, what's the probability of…

Johnno on Scientists Seeking To Escape Criticism Run To The Warmth & Comfort Of BlueskyFebruary 24, 2026
Not only must we Follow THE SCIENCE (tm), but we must LIKE and hit the Notification Bell to be updated…
Johnno on The Loss of Ephemera — Guest Post by The Blonde BombshellFebruary 24, 2026
NLR - My favorite pet peeve are restaurants where there are no printed menus, just QR codes to the menu…
Johnno on The Loss of Ephemera — Guest Post by The Blonde BombshellFebruary 24, 2026
The plan is for an EMP to destroy everything and leave a convenient gap in the years between 2000 and…
Brian (bulaoren) on Scientists Seeking To Escape Criticism Run To The Warmth & Comfort Of BlueskyFebruary 24, 2026
Yesterday, someone gave me a book of crossword puzzles. I was disappointed to find them rather non-challenging; no fun. Perhaps…
Cary D Cotterman on Scientists Seeking To Escape Criticism Run To The Warmth & Comfort Of BlueskyFebruary 24, 2026
They're happier where nobody is smart enough to question authority, nobody has bullshit radar, and everybody kisses their asses.

William M. Briggs

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

Some Sanity: Experts Sued For Creating Gender Delusions

Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGI

Polar Bears Are Doing Fine: Activists, Not So Well

Impossible LSAT Statistics Question

How Women’s Equality In Democracies Changes Voting (And Everything Else)

Class 77: Trendy Trends In Time Series

Who Still Listens To AM Radio?

Scientists Invent New Name For Models: Digital Twins

What Science Says About Making Medication Mandatory

What A Winter

FDA Goes Bayes: It Should Have Gone Probability

Class 76: That’s Not Noise. That’s Signal!

AI: The Earth Is Spinning Faster & Slower (Because “Climate Change”)

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

The Loss of Ephemera — Guest Post by The Blonde Bombshell

Cornell University To Require Indoctrination To Graduate

Building the New Internet — Guest Post by Jefferson White

Citation Deplatforming All Men Women Don’t Like

Summary Against Modern Thought: You Can Know Some About God

This Week In Doom — Deranged Psychology Edition

Some Curious Results In World Poverty Rates — With Update People Say They Want (But Don’t)

The Who’s-Dumber-Than-An-Academic Contest Has No Winner Yet

Next Time Somebody Asks You “What’s the Probability of X” Say This — Crucial Update!

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