William M. Briggs

Philosophic Issues in Cosmology: I. Introduction—Guest Post by Bob Kurland

Bob Kurland is a retired, cranky, old physicist, and convert to Catholicism. He shows that there is no contradiction between what science tells us about the world and our Catholic…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Contingency & Necessity

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. Previous post. The First Way is in the bag. And now…

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All Men Are Mortal: A New, Award Eligible Mini Play

All Men Are Mortal SCENE: A windfarm in Absolute County, a dry patch of land out west. CAST OF CHARACTERS: BRANDON, a speechwriter for Earth Is It! RUSS, Sheriff of…

Statistics

The Letter The Lancet Wouldn’t Publish

Here's the title of a big new peer-reviewed paper in The Lancet: Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality: an analysis of 22 European cohorts within the…

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Live From Heartland Climate Conference, Wrap Up

Profound thanks I cannot say enough about the generosity of my benefactor, who not only footed the bill for my trip, but wined and dined and rummed our Secret Society…

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Live From Heartland Climate Conference, Day Two

What happened to Day One? If I find out, you'll be the first to know. Through the extreme generosity of one of us, I'm here in Las Vegas at Heartland's…

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Evolution Under Fixed Constraints; Or, Why Random Changes Don’t Cut It

See if this analogy makes sense. A ramp onto which you loose a ball, which can roll down and fall into one of three slots. The configuration is such that…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Non-existence Of Infinite Causal Chains

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. Previous post. Here's what was proved so far: (1) that some…

Tim on AI: The Earth Is Spinning Faster & Slower (Because “Climate Change”)January 14, 2026
Absolutely true! After rephrasing or submitting more factual information, I get even more dismissive replies. Yeah, there are certainly "No…
John M on Confirmation Bias In The Minneapolis ShootingJanuary 14, 2026
I think law enforcement needs to revisit how they respond to vehicles. If a vehicle is classified as a deadly…
Rudolph Harrier on AI: The Earth Is Spinning Faster & Slower (Because “Climate Change”)January 14, 2026
One actually useful feature of public LLMs is to see what questions the establishment doesn't want you to ask. If…
Stephen J Frick on AI: The Earth Is Spinning Faster & Slower (Because “Climate Change”)January 14, 2026
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-coding-degrades - Jan. 8, 2026 Later versions of AI were trained that if a programmer accepted the AI code then…
Tim Owens on AI: The Earth Is Spinning Faster & Slower (Because “Climate Change”)January 14, 2026
Do you think that the AI's tendency to support your view about...anything...is 100% real? WRONG! Try asking ANY AI about…

William M. Briggs

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

On Laws Banning Hacking Women’s Genitals & Imposing Beliefs

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Why The Drake Equation Fails

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Complete List Of All Moral & Ethical Questions Answered By Science

Why British & EU Rulers Are Juicing War With Russia

Climate Models

Is Powerball A “Fair Game”?

No Class: But Here’s Some Homework

On The Form Of Species: ‘Dance To The Tune Of Life’ by Denis Noble Reviewed

How To Tell How Much Of “IQ” Is Inherited & How Much Is Environment

Class 74: Contra Effect Sizes

Academic Argues For Permissibility of Cannibalism, You Racist

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

Confirmation Bias In The Minneapolis Shooting

Philosophic Issues in Cosmology: I. Introduction—Guest Post by Bob Kurland

Summary Against Modern Thought: Contingency & Necessity

All Men Are Mortal: A New, Award Eligible Mini Play

The Letter The Lancet Wouldn’t Publish

Live From Heartland Climate Conference, Wrap Up

Live From Heartland Climate Conference, Day Two

Evolution Under Fixed Constraints; Or, Why Random Changes Don’t Cut It

Summary Against Modern Thought: Non-existence Of Infinite Causal Chains

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