William M. Briggs

Thinking About Dying Or Just Saw Bad Art? Pop A Tylenol, Say Researchers

At last justice! Psychologists are finally admitting that surrealism is painful. Take that starchitects! In your face performance artists! Swallow bitter pills transgressive painters! Actually, swallow Tylenol, because new research…

Book review Philosophy

Physical Anthropology: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part V

Read Part IV. Remember, we're doing summaries of summaries here; only bare sketches are possible. Buy his book for more detail. Question V is Physical Anthropology. The most contentious question…

Book review Philosophy

Cosmology: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part IV

Part III Remember, we're doing summaries of summaries here; only bare sketches are possible. Buy his book for more detail. Question IV is Cosmology. The most contentious scientific question is…

Statistics

Scientists Claim Brain Scans Can ID Pre-Criminals

"I'm sorry, sir. We cannot recommend Mr Jones be granted parole," said the man in the impressive white coat, on which was embroidered his name and the awe-inspiring initials "MD".…

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Natural Theology: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part III

Part II Back into the fray! Article 3 is Natural Theology. The juiciest articles are eight through ten. Remember, we're doing summaries of summaries here; only bare sketches are possible.…

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Metaphysics: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part II

Been a while since we began these (last September), and I only just now realized that we never finished (too many distractions). Therefore, before continuing, I'm reposting the first two…

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Logic: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part I

Since we had so much fun pulling apart Ed Feser's The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism (start here), I thought we'd do the same for Peter Kreeft's…

Philosophy

Evolution Is Not Inconsistent With Christianity

Today, a link to an important essay by The OFloinn, of which I was reminded by Mark Shea. This essay cannot be missed and must be bookmarked. It must be…

Briggs on Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In ModelsMay 9, 2025
JH, My IQ is simplicity itself to estimate. I have no IQ. Pick up any stats books and look under…
JH on Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In ModelsMay 9, 2025
Is there evidence that people believe probabilities, parameters, or mathematical objects exist physically in nature? The fact that mathematicians use…
JH on Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In ModelsMay 9, 2025
Relevance is made more difficult when Y is allowed to vary, but the underlying idea is the same. Probability offers…
Tim on Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In ModelsMay 8, 2025
What are you playing at, Briggs? Some high-falutin' model equation junk that'll get twisted by politicians in the end anyway?…
Milton Hathaway on AI Cannot Hallucinate Nor LieMay 8, 2025
I have been making heavy use of the more well-known LLMs lately. I use them almost exclusively as "regurgitation engines",…

William M. Briggs

Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In Models

Miracle Or Coincidence? What Are The Chances?

Reproducibility Crises Will Be Forever With Us Until We Abandon Classical Statistics

AI Cannot Hallucinate Nor Lie

Class 48: What Is A Model?

I’m Going To Sue Scientists Who Gave Me Apoplexy Over Claims Of Climate Liability

Researchers Tell Models To Say People Will Die Without Your Money

The Sun Made To Set On The British Empire – Via Science!

Class 47: Billions Of Models!

A New Physics Arises: Irreducible by Federico Faggin Reviewed

Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help Requested

Class 46: Explanation & Abductive Weakness

The Educational Empire Strikes Back

Can Jinn & The Evil Eye Cause Disease?

Science: The Bigger The Hole In The Head, The More Politically Active

Class 45: The False Hope Of Falsification

New Paper Says Flu Vax Increases Chance Of Flu: Let’s Look

A Simple Argument Proving You Must Not Trust Standard Scientific Evidence

Power Restored, Posts To Resume

No posts, class. No power, no internet

MIT Scientists Trying To Invent Zombies

Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In Models

Miracle Or Coincidence? What Are The Chances?

Thinking About Dying Or Just Saw Bad Art? Pop A Tylenol, Say Researchers

Physical Anthropology: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part V

Cosmology: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part IV

Scientists Claim Brain Scans Can ID Pre-Criminals

Natural Theology: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part III

Metaphysics: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part II

Logic: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part I

Evolution Is Not Inconsistent With Christianity

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