William M. Briggs

Guinness, Heineken, & Sam Adams Now Political Statements, Not Beer

I was on the edge of abandoning Guinness anyway. Bars in Manhattan have been selling 13 ounce "pints" of it---and charging for 16 ounces---for the past few months. (If the…

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It’s Time To Lynch Those Who Deny Climate Skepticism

Let us agree with the enlightened that the world is imperfect and ought not to be. The cause of imperfection is human error which ought to be eradicated with extreme…

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It Was Right To Dumb Down The SAT

It's difficult to design a test such that all those taking it do not all do well nor all do poorly. For instance, suppose the SAT were to consist of…

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The Probability Of A Bottle Broken Into N Pieces When Struck By A Hammer

Logic is the study of relationships between propositions, and probability, which is the same, is thus the completion of logic to instances where the relationships are not certain. From this…

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If I Must Sell, You Must Buy

Note that this is from Jim Fedako. If I were a business owner, must I sell to you? If you answer yes, you must balance that requirement with your obligation…

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Betting Begins On Next Official “Orientation” Letter

I started this before I learned of Facebook's 50+ "gender" identities. But because our government will surely involve itself, what is below still has force. What will be the next…

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The Epistemology Of Miracles: Fulton J. Sheen Edition, Part II

Read Part I. We haven't made use of our time machine in Jesus's case. So I ask you, is it possible that if we go far enough into the future,…

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The Epistemology Of Miracles: Fulton J. Sheen Edition, Part I

Let's you and me see if we can figure out what caused little Jimmy Engstrom to crawl back from the brink of death. I'm not a physician and I'm assuming…

Uncle Mike on Masking Morality With Science: Men Pretending To Be Women In SportsNovember 17, 2025
How wonderful! As Dr. Briggs points out, clearly God, the Almighty Creator, created women different from men. However, stone cold,…
Cary D Cotterman on Masking Morality With Science: Men Pretending To Be Women In SportsNovember 17, 2025
Even with lowered testosterone, there's still height, weight, stride length, reach, muscle size, lung capacity, heart capacity, and the natural…
Williis Eschenbach on Why Study Probability?November 17, 2025
Thanks, John. Tesla was often right, but there are questions which cannot be solved without statistics. I know a bit…
Williis Eschenbach on Why Study Probability?November 17, 2025
Thanks, Matt, much appreciated. w.
John Pate on Why Study Probability?November 17, 2025
Can't agree with Briggs on this, I agree with Tesla; "Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander…

William M. Briggs

Masking Morality With Science: Men Pretending To Be Women In Sports

Why Study Probability?

The Dysgenics Of IVF

In Which An Atheist Becomes Sputteringly Angry Over Theist’s Argument

Academics Debate Which Term Best Describes Those Who Love (in that way) Their Pillows

Class 71: Never Trust ‘Research Shows’ Headlines: We Bring Cause To Data

Diversity Patrol Scanning Citations For Victims

Little Nate’s Plan To Save The World

Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education Causes Mass Squealing

Stay The Course: Have Some Class

Last Call For Alcohol-Cancer Papers

UFO Hits United Flight. All Survive. This Time!

Changes Are Coming: Our Return to 1970s

Class 70: Most Claims Of “Controlled For” Are Wrong: The Right Way

The Triumph Of The Feminine

At What Point Does Transsexualism Become A Conservative Value?

The Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had

Class 69: Why Parameters Don’t Exist

Putin, Xi Who Must Obeyed, Occult Rituals & Living Forever

Nobody Believes Anything Based On “No Evidence”

Good Vs Bad Science (Models) & How You Can Tell The Difference: Think Twice Science

Masking Morality With Science: Men Pretending To Be Women In Sports

Why Study Probability?

Guinness, Heineken, & Sam Adams Now Political Statements, Not Beer

It’s Time To Lynch Those Who Deny Climate Skepticism

It Was Right To Dumb Down The SAT

The Probability Of A Bottle Broken Into N Pieces When Struck By A Hammer

If I Must Sell, You Must Buy

Betting Begins On Next Official “Orientation” Letter

The Epistemology Of Miracles: Fulton J. Sheen Edition, Part II

The Epistemology Of Miracles: Fulton J. Sheen Edition, Part I

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