William M. Briggs

The Culture is Wrong, and The Church is Right: Zmirak’s New Book Reviewed

Today's post is at One Peter Five: The Culture is Wrong, and The Church is Right: Zmirak's New Book Reviewed. Scurry out and buy two copies of John "Bad Catholic"…

Statistics

Prince Metternich Predicts Our Future From 1834 & Nails It

I saw a link to an interesting looking article entitled "Conversations With Prince Metternich" from our friend Nick B. Steves, clicked it and jumped right in. IT was in the…

Philosophy Statistics

The New Religion Of Dataism (Another Version Of Man-As-God)

Dataism is the word coined by Yuval Noah Harari in his essay for an optimistic, practical implementation of Scientism. Just as divine authority was legitimised by religious mythologies, and human…

Book review Statistics

‘Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics’ Reviewed Again

The following review appeared in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (pdf). Jane Orient is the lead doc at Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, publishers of the journal.…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Substance & Being vs. Matter & Form

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. Back to…

Culture

Stream: Trump, Religious Liberty and the Snippy Elevator Lady

Today's post is at The Stream: Trump, Religious Liberty and the Snippy Elevator Lady. The monumental importance of the election was made vivid in, of all places, a Manhattan elevator.…

Culture

Russia’s Rise: Part II — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

This is Part II of II parts. Read Part I. Here is Russia's problem: she wants to be in charge. Like all younger siblings, she believes she can do a…

Statistics

Stream: ‘Three-Parent’ Babies Can’t Cure Disease

Today's post is at The Stream: Creating 'Three-Parent' Babies Won't Cure Anyone Jones comes to the doctor and says, "Doc, I'm suffering from cancer." Doc says, "No problem. Got the…

John Pate on Wolfgang Smith For EveryoneJuly 31, 2026
Briggs get a grip. Read this, http://dvc.org.uk/wp/?p=320 and then get back to us about Quantum Entanglement.
Diversity News (July 30, 2026) on Never Use Or Trust P-values (Pagan-Values)July 30, 2026
[…] to be causation, resulting in “wet streets make rain” science. Consider listening to statistics experts who point out how…
spetzer86 on Death By Organ DonationJuly 28, 2026
Right out of the old Monty Python skit where the guy was a "liver donor" and the guys came to…
The Four Chords of Modern Music - Roadie Music Blog on Four Chords Is All You Need: The Limited Nature of Pop MusicJuly 28, 2026
[…] Four Chords Is All You Need: The Limited Nature of Pop Music […]
Mary Sova on Wolfgang Smith For EveryoneJuly 28, 2026
I caught a small portion your interview with Ken Craycraft on my car radio yesterday, but didn't realize it was…

William M. Briggs

The Wee P Boogie: The Song That’s Sweeping the Nation!

Wolfgang Smith For Everyone

Death By Organ Donation

$7.11 at 7:11 PM on 7/11 at 7/11: What Are The Chances?

Caution Against The Precautionary Principle: Interview with Jaap Hanekamp

Believing In God Makes You Crave Potato Chips, Say Academics

Hume’s Guillotine, Euclid’s Catapult: Induction, Axioms, and Objective Ethics

University of California Prof Tries To Save System From DIEing

The Equality Paradox

My Horrible Interaction With AI

SOON

The Court’s Slow Theft Of The Constitution — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Happy Birthday to US

Never Use Or Trust P-values (Pagan-Values)

Musk Doges Deaths: Researchers Say USAID Absence Kills Kills Kills!

The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David Stove

Marbles!

Class 92: Simple Optimal Decisions: PSA & Cancer Example

Math Is Epistemic Violence, Says Lady Academic

Truly Random Numbers Found?

Class 91: Try Not To Use the ROC Curve & AUC