William M. Briggs

This Week In Doom. Vampires Fear Being Judged, Climate Lunatics Stick Heads In Sand—For Real

Been a while since we cataloged our latest trends in Doom. Let's continue. Show of hands: how many are with me in saying the suicide of the West will be…

Culture

Laudato Si: “The Curate’s Egg.” The Not So Excellent Parts. Guest Post by Bob Kurland

See the first part of this article. Every judgment of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such…

Culture Philosophy

The Gmarriage Dialogue

Jeremy David! How are you? You have to congratulate me! David Jeremy, well I'll be. I haven't seen you in ages. Congratulations! What am I congratulating you for? Jeremy I…

Philosophy

The Gaia Hypothesis Is Either Trivial And Useless Or False And Ridiculous

Hans Schellnhuber is an adviser to the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences. In the peer-reviewed Nature paper "Climbing the co-evolution ladder" (431, 913 (21 October 2004)) he and two co-authors…

Statistics

Idols With Wee P Values. Statistics As Ritual

Or, rather, wee p-values are idolized. And it isn't just me saying so. Reader Dan Hughes points us to Gerd Gigerenzer and Julian Marewski's peer-reviewed paper "Surrogate Science: The Idol…

Culture

Stream: Pope Francis’s Dr. Strangelove Craves One World Government

Today's post is at The Stream: Pope Francis' Dr. Strangelove Craves One World Government Run by "Experts": Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the scientist behind Laudato Si, is an activist for a…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God Is Pure Truth

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. Last time…

Culture

If The Constitution Is A Living Document, It Can Die

On this glorious Fourth of July in these once United States, it's well to remember that every living thing dies. And the Constitution, progressives say, is a "living document." Since…

Uncle Mike on Class 65: A Last Plea Never To Use Or Trust Statistical Evidence Like ThisSeptember 18, 2025
I disagree with your hypothesis that "my career has largely been a failure". You shouldn't expect the world to immediately…
McChuck on Class 65: A Last Plea Never To Use Or Trust Statistical Evidence Like ThisSeptember 18, 2025
Modern scientific statistics is nothing more than a roleplaying game based on a 20 sided die. The game master (study…
Brian (bulaoren) on Lacent’s Vaccination Model Says What Its Told To SaySeptember 17, 2025
Sorry, the same printer's devils who occasionally sabotage Dr. Brigg's publications must have attacked my previous post; Should read; "ouroboros".…
Brian (bulaoren) on Lacent’s Vaccination Model Says What Its Told To SaySeptember 17, 2025
I just thunk up a term to describe this scientiststic strain of thought (hmm, is that one pun or two?);…
Rex8or Legitimax Prime on Chinese Scientists Pull Off Hilarious “Climate Change” Troll?September 17, 2025
They didn't include the red meat is bad thing, they need to try harder, 7/10.

William M. Briggs

Class 65: A Last Plea Never To Use Or Trust Statistical Evidence Like This

Lacent’s Vaccination Model Says What Its Told To Say

Chinese Scientists Pull Off Hilarious “Climate Change” Troll?

On The Myths Of Scientism

Use The Tools The Left Created Against Them

The Various Solutions To Black Crime Analyzed

The False Expectation Of Permanence

Astonishing Climate Change Predictions!

Class 64: No Confidence (Interval) In Parameters

What Are The Chances 6 AfD Candidates Die Before An Election?

Funniest Thing To Happen In Science In Years

Pray For The Downfall, Ruin, Confusion & Conversion Of The Doctors & Experts Causing Transanity

Class 63: My Correlation Is Causation Because My P Is Wee

The Right & Wrong Way To Do (Electromagnetic) Science: Interview With Hans G. Schantz

World Ends In 25 years! Towns Become Slaughterhouses! Peter Thiel Disguises Self As Sheep!

Deniers Refusing To Die From Climate Change Heat Waves

Class 62: Die P-value, Die! Die! Die!

Research: Solar Activity Causes High Blood Pressure

The Key Role Of Probability & Chance In Science

On The Cult Of The Victim & Why We Must Reject It

Class 61: Does This Guy Have ESP? II

Class 65: A Last Plea Never To Use Or Trust Statistical Evidence Like This

Lacent’s Vaccination Model Says What Its Told To Say

This Week In Doom. Vampires Fear Being Judged, Climate Lunatics Stick Heads In Sand—For Real

Laudato Si: “The Curate’s Egg.” The Not So Excellent Parts. Guest Post by Bob Kurland

The Gmarriage Dialogue

The Gaia Hypothesis Is Either Trivial And Useless Or False And Ridiculous

Idols With Wee P Values. Statistics As Ritual

Stream: Pope Francis’s Dr. Strangelove Craves One World Government

Summary Against Modern Thought: God Is Pure Truth

If The Constitution Is A Living Document, It Can Die

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