William M. Briggs

The Alternative To Null Hypothesis Significance Testing

This article jumps right in with continuous-valued probability models, which are explained in Uncertainty, as is the subject of this article in great detail. This article is only a rough…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Everybody Has A Different Intellect

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. We're back…

Culture Philosophy

The Trolley Problem & Driverless Cars

We're back on our Edge series, What scientific concept ought to be better known. Today's entry is from Daniel Rockmore on the "Trolley Problem." This is an over-worked philosophical or…

Statistics

Stream: No, a Study Did Not Show That Same-Sex “Marriage” Laws Reduce Teen Suicide Rates

Folks, a ripe entry for the Fourth Annual WMBriggs.com Bad Science Award (and what about the Third Annual? It's coming, it's coming...). No, a Study Did Not Show That Same-Sex…

Statistics

Pope Francis Induces Warm Thoughts Of Global Warming

It's official. Science has donned the leather jacket, slipped on a pair of becoming Bermuda shorts, strapped on a pair of water skies, and soared into the air over the…

Philosophy

AI Does Not Pose A Challenge To Christianity

The theology and philosophy of the Atlantic article "Is AI a Threat to Christianity?" proves that it was all downhill after the schoolmen in the sad twilight of the Middle…

Culture

An Open Letter To Milo Yiannopoulos — From A Friend (Guest Post)

Dear Milo, I've heard you are in a spot of bother, and I am sorry about that. Were the shoe on the foot of a Democrat, then I am sure…

Philosophy

Miracles And Possible Explanations

From Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory: 'And I dare say the first time you saw a man raised from the dead you might think so too.' He giggled…

C-Marie on No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke CodersJune 3, 2026
Thank you, Matt! Poor, poor Pope Leo XIV and the synodal business .... praying every day for Leo, for full…
Anonimos?aw on Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living LongerJune 3, 2026
"By age 80, the men who made it are more robust and the women start slipping under faster." Well, since…
jgh on Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living LongerJune 3, 2026
I do census data research, and something very striking is comparing age profiles. The age distribution in 1900 is more-or-less…
jgh on How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?June 3, 2026
Surely the only logical reasoning is: if he knew what he was doing, he should be executed as punishment. If…
Stephen Frick on No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke CodersJune 3, 2026
Thank you. This has so many valuable observations.

William M. Briggs

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

How Experts Use “Calamities” to Find Official Victims & Gain Power

Richard Dawkins, The Big Muscles Fallacy & AI Pachinko

Class 88: The Most Neglected Concept: Skill

The Red-Blue Button Dilemma & Its Surprising Answer

UFO Reports About To Blast Off!

Class 87: Calibration & Conformal Prediction: Examples

Noticing Differences Between Races Does Not Pay

What Are The Chances Of All These Scientists Dying, Killed, Or Going Missing?

Class 86: Calibration & Conformal Prediction: Theory

How A Miracle Turns Mundane