William M. Briggs

What Evidence Would Persuade You That Man-Made Climate Change Is Real?

Somebody named Ronald Bailey (he isn't anybody I know) at the inaptly named Reason asked the good question which heads this post. Second thought: the question is awful. No scientist…

Culture Fun

Al Sharpton: Republicans Has Climate Change

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnnx2CmFJLI (Direct link to video.) God bless Al Sharpton. I mean this. God bless him. This video---this service Sharpton has done us---is final proof, it seals all deals, dissolves all…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God’s Intelligence Is His Essence

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. He is…

Culture Philosophy

This Week In Doom: All Things Gay & Equality

I wasn't planning on another of these so quickly, but since our slide into Doom accelerated this week, there is no choice. But since we already covered the news side…

Culture

Status Of Christianity (And Pizza Parlours)

On this day of ultimate sacrifice it's well to ponder the state of our ancient religion. We'll come to no firm conclusions---not in 750 words---but we have to start somewhere.…

Culture Statistics

Global Warming Hypocrisy: Or, Science Is Politics

Lefties take money, too In an interview with far-left New York Times, activist and part-time scientist Michael Oppenheimer says "nothing follows" from his taking moola from the EDF (Environmental Defense…

Culture

Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act & The End Of Democracy

Many people sincerely believe Indiana's RFRA new law will allow private individuals to "discriminate" against those who suffer from same-sex attraction. This shows two things: that propaganda works, and that…

Culture Philosophy

The Falls-Disproportionately-On-The-Poor Fallacy

Still on the road; something quick. Like the good Bishop said, and said well, "If we ignore the poor, we will go to hell: literally." The poor figure in two…

Cary Cotterman on Do Dogs Poop In Alignment With The Earth’s Magnetic Field?September 3, 2026
More than seventy years of experience with dog ownership has made the fact clear to me that dogs squat pointing…
Uncle Mike on Do Dogs Poop In Alignment With The Earth’s Magnetic Field?September 3, 2026
The afterstory: three of the authors are now university presidents, and one is head of NSA.
shawn marshall on Do Dogs Poop In Alignment With The Earth’s Magnetic Field?September 3, 2026
for sure you have identified a scienterrific study full of dog poop
Brian (bulaoren) on Do Dogs Poop In Alignment With The Earth’s Magnetic Field?September 3, 2026
Well, a lot of current research product orients toward the left.
McChuck on Do Dogs Poop In Alignment With The Earth’s Magnetic Field?September 3, 2026
Perhaps the dogs prefer not to stare into the morning and evening sun? How does one measure the "calmness" of…

William M. Briggs

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

A New Kind Of University: Your Comments Wanted

Bad Black Health Blamed On Slavery

Is Moral Certainty Possible?

We Passed Peak “Climate Change” (um) Research

Sweet Wee Ps Say Sugar Makes You Lose Your Mind

AI Is Neither Artificial Nor Intelligent

You Can’t Con An Honest Man & The Case of Jason Arday

Academics: Achieve Sustainability by Easing Population to 4 Billion by 2200

The Impossibility of Proposition Nations

Ugly Women Rulers Condemn Lookism

The Wee P Boogie: The Song That’s Sweeping the Nation!

Wolfgang Smith For Everyone

Death By Organ Donation

$7.11 at 7:11 PM on 7/11 at 7/11: What Are The Chances?

Caution Against The Precautionary Principle: Interview with Jaap Hanekamp

Believing In God Makes You Crave Potato Chips, Say Academics

Hume’s Guillotine, Euclid’s Catapult: Induction, Axioms, and Objective Ethics

University of California Prof Tries To Save System From DIEing