William M. Briggs

The Expansion Team Syndrome: SAT Scores & Science

What happens when a professional sports league expands? We talked about this before, but the obvious answer is that the average talent of the league decreases---for two reasons. The first…

Philosophy

The Unknown Fallacy: Inflicting Your Views On Me

https://twitter.com/unknowncomic/status/639899682496454657 So a guy with a paper bag on his head, two holes cut for eyes and one for his pie hole, walks on stage, begins pumping his arms like…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: On God’s Will

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. A quick…

Culture

The Week In Doom: If You Like Your Religion, You Can Keep Your Religion

Law Of The Land! AP: A city clerk in Nuremberg yesterday issued a marriage certificate to a Jew and a German, violating the country's new laws forbidding such unions. Fritz…

Culture

No Christians In Public Life? Kentucky Clerk Jailed For Refusing To Issue Gmarriage Licenses.

So this Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, an elected official (Democrat) and therefore unfireable, has refused under court order to issue gmarriage licenses. The judge was asked by lawyers representing…

Statistics

Stream: Global Warming Update: Obama Seeks to Still the Glaciers of Alaska

Today's post is at The Stream: "Global Warming Update: Obama Seeks to Still the Glaciers of Alaska." Have you heard the story of King Canute? Lord and Master of the…

Statistics

Frequenstism Is Entirely Ad Hoc; And So Are Priors. Use The Third Way Instead

https://twitter.com/learnfromerror/status/638841417461276672 Short note today, because today, and most days for the next couple of weeks, are book days. I am nearly finished with the damned thing. I'm now handling drudgery…

Culture

A Prayer For The Earth: Answering The Pope’s Call. A One Act Mini-Play.

Father: "In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." Penitent: "Bless me father, I have sinned. It's been about six months since my last confession." Father: "Go on..."…

Neil Jordan on Don’t Take The ‘Long-Covid’ Alzheimer’s Study SeriouslyFebruary 17, 2026
Thank you for the vivid disembowelment of the confidence intervals, which reminds me of my linear estimation statistics class of…
Cloudbuster on AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest PanicFebruary 17, 2026
When you think of the AI revolution, should it happen, think of "Privatize the profits, socialize the costs." The profits…
John Pate on AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest PanicFebruary 17, 2026
AI is actually Indians, that is to say in a call centre somewhere someone is monitoring every "autonomous" vehicle/robot/machine except…
C-Marie on AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest PanicFebruary 17, 2026
The One World Government and the One World Religion really are on their way!, God bless, C-Marie
Rara Avis on AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest PanicFebruary 16, 2026
Bill: I've got a friend who is enthralled by all the wonderful things AI can do. He is well-connected in…

William M. Briggs

Don’t Take The ‘Long-Covid’ Alzheimer’s Study Seriously

AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest Panic

Class 78: The Attempt To Turn Correlation Lead Into Causation Gold In Time Series

Desperate Need For Equality: AP Exam Performance

Some Sanity: Experts Sued For Creating Gender Delusions

Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGI

Polar Bears Are Doing Fine: Activists, Not So Well

Impossible LSAT Statistics Question

How Women’s Equality In Democracies Changes Voting (And Everything Else)

Class 77: Trendy Trends In Time Series

Who Still Listens To AM Radio?

Scientists Invent New Name For Models: Digital Twins

What Science Says About Making Medication Mandatory

What A Winter

FDA Goes Bayes: It Should Have Gone Probability

Class 76: That’s Not Noise. That’s Signal!

AI: The Earth Is Spinning Faster & Slower (Because “Climate Change”)

Confirmation Bias In The Minneapolis Shooting

Sports Betting Is An Excellent Way To Lose Money

Class 75: A Gentle Introduction To Time Series

The Consent Fallacy

Don’t Take The ‘Long-Covid’ Alzheimer’s Study Seriously

AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest Panic

The Expansion Team Syndrome: SAT Scores & Science

The Unknown Fallacy: Inflicting Your Views On Me

Summary Against Modern Thought: On God’s Will

The Week In Doom: If You Like Your Religion, You Can Keep Your Religion

No Christians In Public Life? Kentucky Clerk Jailed For Refusing To Issue Gmarriage Licenses.

Stream: Global Warming Update: Obama Seeks to Still the Glaciers of Alaska

Frequenstism Is Entirely Ad Hoc; And So Are Priors. Use The Third Way Instead

A Prayer For The Earth: Answering The Pope’s Call. A One Act Mini-Play.

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