William M. Briggs

Summary Against Modern Thought: Good is the Cause of Evil

Previous post. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. That Good is the Cause of Evil 1 The foregoing arguments enable us to conclude that evil is caused…

Culture

#MemoDay — Open Discussion

If you haven't read it yet, which is unlikely, here is a link. If all you heard was media spin, read it. It's only a couple of pages, none of…

Culture

Who Is Q & Why Might He Matter? — Guest Post by The Blonde Bombshell

The internet is a cauldron of competing ideas. The ones that get the most play are promoted by the legacy media. Under the surface, there are a swarm of websites…

Culture Philosophy

Pedophile Says He’s A 9-Year-Old Trapped In Man’s Body. So He Is

Stream: Pedophile Says He's A 9-Year-Old Trapped In Man's Body. So He Is The Daily Wire reports on the story of 38-year-old Joseph Roman, who was "accused of sexually assaulting…

Class Statistics

Free Probability-Statistics Class: Predictive Case Study 1, Part X

Review! Last time we created four models of CGPA. Which is correct? They all are. Why? I should ask as a homework question, but I'll remind us here. Since all…

Philosophy

Should We Worry Artificial Neurons Can Now Compute Faster Than The Human Brain?

Stream: Should We Worry Artificial Neurons Can Now Compute Faster Than The Human Brain? The report from last week's Nature magazine is that "artificial neurons" can now "compute faster than…

Philosophy

There Can Be No Consistent Atheist System Of Morality Or Ethics

The article "Jaws and the Meaning of Life" has resulted in much commentary and email. Also a lot of confusion. In that article I said "If life can be reduced…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Why You Might Say Evil Is A Thing, Part II

Previous post. These are the rebuttals to the arguments presented last week. Review! Answers to these arguments 1 It is not difficult to answer these arguments. Evil and good are…

Brian (bulaoren) on Class 98: Limitations of Genetic Associations With PersonalityOctober 22, 2026
Across the world, many jurisdictions ban pet "pit bulls". Are they in error?
NLR on Against Numerology: Some Basic CalculationsOctober 19, 2026
The mathematician Richard Guy wrote a paper "The strong law of small numbers", where he said, facetiously, but also serirously:…
aGrimm on Book UpdateOctober 16, 2026
I'm looking forward to the book; warts and all the first was enlightening and fun to read.
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William M. Briggs

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

Lindsay Clancy Strangled Her Kids Because Of “Climate Change”