William M. Briggs

Pope Francis Says Ask Scientists About Their Uncertainties In Global Warming. Good Idea

Stream: Pope Francis Says Ask Scientists About Their Uncertainties In Global Warming. Good Idea A reporter asked the Holy Father about the recent hurricanes in the Atlantic, adding the questions…

Culture

Unlearn Truth — Says Sydney University

Turns out, if I have the translation right, that new logo of Sydney University might be Verum Dediscere. Unlearn Truth. I learned of this in a tweet from CC Pecknold.…

Culture

Fr James Martin and the Nashville Statement

Which term best describes the reaction from non-orthodox Christians (in practice, if not in name) to being reminded, via the Nashville Statement, that sodomy is a sin that cannot in…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Human Soul Is Created By God, Part IV

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. A continuation…

Culture

Renaming Our Past To Avoid Senator Feinstein’s Feared Dogma

Stream: Renaming Our Past To Avoid Senator Feinstein's Feared Dogma You might have missed the news, but last year Cornell University renamed its Cornell Plantations, a lovely garden spot set…

Culture

The General Welfare Clause and the Statist Switcheroo — Guest Post by Kevin Groenhagen

While debating the repeal of Obamacare earlier this year, I would often ask others, "Which part of the Constitution authorizes a federal government role regarding health care. I would seldom…

Statistics

Possibility Versus Probability & Decision

Philip Pilkington, author of the buyable The Reformation in Economics: A Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Economic Theory, asks a follow-up question to the material on the precautionary principle. If probability…

Culture

Short History of the Left’s Tech Efforts To Shut Out the Right

Stream: Short History of the Left's Tech Efforts To Shut Out the Right In the early days of our interconnected world, when people carped at each other over whether spam…

Michael 2 on On Not ReadingMarch 18, 2026
"I do watch electronic repair videos and old movies on YouTube (and not on a phone). " Same here. Big…
Tars Tarkas on The Great Effeminization of the AcademyMarch 18, 2026
I miss Z-man's Xirl Science segments in the Z-Man power hour. He would highlight articles like the ones highlighted here.…
McChuck on The Great Effeminization of the AcademyMarch 18, 2026
The number of women who have earned doctoral degrees, as opposed to having been granted them, is probably in the…
Sid Porter on The Great Effeminization of the AcademyMarch 18, 2026
Then, let’s consider doing the sports arenas…
C-Marie on The Only Metric That Matters: Or, Pinker’s FollyMarch 17, 2026
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William M. Briggs

The Great Effeminization of the Academy

The Only Metric That Matters: Or, Pinker’s Folly

Lancet Discovers Public Health Is Politics

Class 82: Be More Uncertain (About Models)

On Not Reading

The Great Smoothing: Another Reason Not To Fear (or trust) AI

A Synchronicity Or Coincidence? What Is Behind Curious Events?

Class 81: The Second Biggest Error In Time Series

The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In Kind

Researcher Imagines Weather With No Human Influence: Concludes Climate Change Hurts Incomes

Faith Deposited: Why Godless Science Fails

Class 80: Granger Causality; Per Se & Accidental Time Series; Stationarity

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

The Great Effeminization of the Academy

The Only Metric That Matters: Or, Pinker’s Folly

Pope Francis Says Ask Scientists About Their Uncertainties In Global Warming. Good Idea

Unlearn Truth — Says Sydney University

Fr James Martin and the Nashville Statement

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Human Soul Is Created By God, Part IV

Renaming Our Past To Avoid Senator Feinstein’s Feared Dogma

The General Welfare Clause and the Statist Switcheroo — Guest Post by Kevin Groenhagen

Possibility Versus Probability & Decision

Short History of the Left’s Tech Efforts To Shut Out the Right

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