William M. Briggs

The Near Impossibility Of Defending Yourself Against Charges Of Climate Change

I was recently pre-fired from a job helping with the defense of a very large company in its fight over being charged with the same non-crime detailed below. My point…

Culture

Reasons Why Pre-Crime Should Be Punished

Canada, its citizens shivering inside log cabins for most of the year and thus having a lot of time on their hands, has hit upon a new idea. Arrest and…

Philosophy

If You Think Evolution Thought Of Thinking, Think Again

There is a popular argument that says that because man evolved, his thoughts do not guarantee truth, and that his inclinations to like or agree with an argument reflect what…

Culture

The Is-Pope-Francis-The-Pope Debate Continues. Two Views from Edmund J Mazza and Steven O’Reilly

This won't interest everybody, but it's still worth considering given the woke revolution taking place inside the Catholic Church. Which will, in due time, be overthrown. Though not without many…

Statistics

Scientific Peer Review Update

Two stories today, both the same but on opposite ends. Story One: Accurate Paper Rescinded We recently highlighted a paper by Bob Uttl and others in "The World’s Easiest Sociological…

Statistics

Academic Heresy Hunters

Did you know, dear reader, that not every person in the world believes in the Everettian (many worlds) multiverse? Shocked, aren't you. Maybe even outraged, our favorite emotion. I know…

Philosophy

Christian Accelerationism

Perhaps you have seen the term accelerationism used by some members of Team Reality. The idea, simplified, is that the system is lurching toward a leftist singularity, and that "If…

Book review

The True Story of Juan Diego & the Conversion of Mexico — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

I have a problem. Two, actually. The first is numeric. The second, chronologic. Both relate to an epochal series of historic events occurring nearly 500 years ago, in Mesoamerica. My…

Briggs on What Are The Chances 6 AfD Candidates Die Before An Election?September 3, 2025
Spetzer86, Sure. It won't change much. Better yet, we can investigate the cause of each death, which tells us ALL…
spetzer86 on What Are The Chances 6 AfD Candidates Die Before An Election?September 3, 2025
Wouldn't the span of time the deaths happened in figure into the final probability? The value used is for a…
John Pate on What Are The Chances 6 AfD Candidates Die Before An Election?September 3, 2025
Number seven just took the big sleep.
JH on Pray For The Downfall, Ruin, Confusion & Conversion Of The Doctors & Experts Causing TransanitySeptember 3, 2025
I see one significant change in society: wishing ill on others has become more acceptable. Why is that? The reasons…
w on What Are The Chances 6 AfD Candidates Die Before An Election?September 3, 2025
The count is up to 7 (seven) now!

William M. Briggs

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

Funding Increases To Foster Even More Cheating In Science

Compulsory Moral Bioenhancement Should Be Covert Says Academic Who Says Ticks Should Be Genetically Modified To Stop You Eating Meat

Lying Increases Trust In Science, Says Academic

Class 60: Does This Guy Have ESP? 1

Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The Science

Academics Say It’s Morally Obligatory To Bioengineer Ticks To Stop You Eating Meat

New Definition Of Death To Increase Organ Harvest Bounty

Class 59: The Hardest Hypothesis In The World