William M. Briggs

Atheists More Religiously Tolerant Than Christians: It’s Science!

I meant this to go out on Saturday morning, but I pressed the wrong button and it went out late Friday afternoon. Apologies to those who receive this post twice.…

Culture

The Future Of Freely Using Your Own Money, a.k.a. Capitalism

This is only a quick introduction to a vast subject; mere musings. I'll have a review of George Gilder's timely new book, The Scandal of Money, next week, where I'll…

Fun Statistics

Masters Predictions & (Some) Statistics — Podcast Bonus

PODCAST BONUS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNsyJf2MX2w See last Master's year's predictions here. Since not much has changed, I'm doing a lot of copying and pasting. The Podcast bonus is because of the screwed…

Podcast

WMBriggs.com Podcast 6 April 2016 — It’s The End Of The World: Again

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Culture

Stream: Should Women Be Allowed In Combat? A Debate

Today's post is at the Stream: Should Women Be Allowed In Combat? Equality Debates Reality. On 3 December 2015, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter decided unilaterally to open combat positions…

Culture

Attorneys General Embrace Lysenkosim With Gusto: Why Now?

What took 'em so long? Put it another way. Given the manifest benefits of defining scientific "truth" by State fiat, why did government take so long in making Lysenkoism official…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God’s Acts Aren’t Necessary

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. Series was…

Fun

What Are Good Times For A Live Broadcast?

So? When's the best time for a live broadcast? Recall that you can hear them by tuning in to this site or to my YouTube live streaming channel. Keep in…

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William M. Briggs

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

Politicians Demand “Right” To Be Protected Against AI

Class 93: P-values Challenge! List The “Good Uses” of P-value

Is the West Dying Out? The Demographic Crisis Explained: Jon Harris Podcast

Lindsay Clancy Strangled Her Kids Because Of “Climate Change”

Do Dogs Poop In Alignment With The Earth’s Magnetic Field?

Lewontin’s Other Fallacy: Race & Intelligence

Fertility Fears Overblown: Tiny Shift in Childless Rate Saves The Species

Class 97: The Goal Of Models

Book Update

Atheists More Religiously Tolerant Than Christians: It’s Science!

The Future Of Freely Using Your Own Money, a.k.a. Capitalism

Masters Predictions & (Some) Statistics — Podcast Bonus

WMBriggs.com Podcast 6 April 2016 — It’s The End Of The World: Again

Stream: Should Women Be Allowed In Combat? A Debate

Attorneys General Embrace Lysenkosim With Gusto: Why Now?

Summary Against Modern Thought: God’s Acts Aren’t Necessary

What Are Good Times For A Live Broadcast?

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