William M. Briggs

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…

Statistics

Breitbart: A Reply to the 375 Concerned Members of the National Academy of Sciences

Today's post is at Breitbart: "A Reply to the 375 Concerned Members of the National Academy of Sciences". Some 375 political activists attached to the National Academy of Sciences, supporting…

Culture

Debate Open Thread: Trump Wins On Points In Two-Against-One Bout

Ladies and gentlemen...the main event! In this corner, the challenger Donald "The Donald" Trump, six foot two, two hundred and twenty-two pounds, a reach of seventy-three inches in the Red…

patrivk healy on Ugly Women Rulers Condemn LookismAugust 14, 2026
C-Marie. Look around you. Virtually all the ugly woman who have corrupted the western world in the last 50 years…
Cary Cotterman on Sweet Wee Ps Say Sugar Makes You Lose Your MindAugust 13, 2026
Every day there's some paper or article claiming that something is good for you, followed the next day by some…
spetzer86 on Sweet Wee Ps Say Sugar Makes You Lose Your MindAugust 13, 2026
Always fun watching the lectures.
JRob on Sweet Wee Ps Say Sugar Makes You Lose Your MindAugust 13, 2026
The epidemiologist fallacies are always enjoyable. It seems that there is a rash of scientists now saying that previous scientists…
Tars Tarkas on Sweet Wee Ps Say Sugar Makes You Lose Your MindAugust 13, 2026
"The unsweetened kids were born late 1951 to 1954, while the sugar-available kids were born after rationing ending in July…

William M. Briggs

Sweet Wee Ps Say Sugar Makes You Lose Your Mind

AI Is Neither Artificial Nor Intelligent

You Can’t Con An Honest Man & The Case of Jason Arday

Academics: Achieve Sustainability by Easing Population to 4 Billion by 2200

The Impossibility of Proposition Nations

Ugly Women Rulers Condemn Lookism

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!

Sweet Wee Ps Say Sugar Makes You Lose Your Mind

AI Is Neither Artificial Nor Intelligent

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

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

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

Stream: Trump, Religious Liberty and the Snippy Elevator Lady

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

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

Breitbart: A Reply to the 375 Concerned Members of the National Academy of Sciences

Debate Open Thread: Trump Wins On Points In Two-Against-One Bout

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