William M. Briggs

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Utopia, Rationalia

Who's up for Utopia? Neil deGrasse Tyson, that's who. He tweeted, "Earth needs a virtual country: #Rationalia, with a one-line Constitution: All policy should be based on the weight of…

Culture

Equality Motivates The Refugee Crisis

Nick Land, about whose views more in a moment, points us to Damon Linker about how Angela Merkel's German airplane has imperiled Europe. A real Messerschmitt. About the details you…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Intellectual Creatures & The Universe’s Perfection

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. Why are…

Philosophy

The Dangers Of Sam Harris’s Anti-Free Will View

Received this email from Justin. I've edited it only to correct the typos my enemies placed in my Inbox. Hi William, I am contacting you because you have a different…

Book review Statistics

Preface to Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics

The book is now at a 15% discount at Amazon (I apologize for the price). Buy today. And buy again tomorrow! This will be linked permanently on the book's official…

Culture

Islam Asleep, Islam Awake — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Editor's note: Watt's previous essay generated quite a bit of controversy. Watt answers those criticisms here. As is clear, Erdogan has at least made the best of the coup. Well,…

Culture

“I Believe In Science” — Which Is Not Believing In Much

Today's post is at The Stream: Hillary Believes in Science -- Which Isn't Saying Much. You just knew it was going to be a good night. Hillary shined on that…

Culture

Pope: If I Speak Of Islamic Violence, I Must Speak Of Catholic Violence

The holy Koran says (sura 2 at 191) "And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution is…

Brian (bulaoren) on The Solution To EvolutionNovember 2, 2026
As flies to wanton boys are we to evolutionists...
Uncle Mike on The Solution To EvolutionNovember 2, 2026
Good call, Mr. Rhodes. Readers, please search Darwinian Fairytales. A wonderful rabbit hole awaits you.
Mark Rhodes on The Solution To EvolutionNovember 2, 2026
Stove’s book is Darwinian Fairytales, not Darwinian Fantasies. Doesn’t change the point you were making, but if it aroused one…
The Solution To Evolution – William M. Briggs on Don’t Panic, But Intelligent Design Is Trivially True (Breathe, Breathe…)November 2, 2026
[…] from the beginning. It had to be, or we would never have gotten water. (I tried making this point…
Brian (bulaoren) on Class 99: Entropy Part IOctober 31, 2026
During the summer of 1977, I was living with a woman who had a 2 year old daughter. My brother,…

William M. Briggs

The Solution To Evolution

Class 99: Entropy Part I

Book Update: Launch Date

Reading Bryan Johnson’s The Immortalism Manifesto

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

The Solution To Evolution

Class 99: Entropy Part I

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Utopia, Rationalia

Equality Motivates The Refugee Crisis

Summary Against Modern Thought: Intellectual Creatures & The Universe’s Perfection

The Dangers Of Sam Harris’s Anti-Free Will View

Preface to Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics

Islam Asleep, Islam Awake — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

“I Believe In Science” — Which Is Not Believing In Much

Pope: If I Speak Of Islamic Violence, I Must Speak Of Catholic Violence

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