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The Greatest Scientific Experiment Of All Time!

By Briggs on October 3, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Rest In Peace Ye Olde Statistician

By Briggs on October 2, 2023 • ( 8 Comments )

Something Has Gone Seriously Wrong With “Climate Change” Science

By Briggs on September 29, 2023 • ( 9 Comments )

The Many Troubles With Science: A Conversation With Jaap Hanekamp About Our Upcoming Book

By Briggs on September 28, 2023 • ( 19 Comments )

The Time Is Now For It To Be Now. Again.

By Briggs on September 27, 2023 • ( 10 Comments )

The Deadly Rise Of The Science Enforcers

By Briggs on September 26, 2023 • ( 23 Comments )

Certain Oral Activities Linked To Intercourse Onset, New Research Suggests

By Briggs on November 4, 2010 • ( 26 Comments )

I am thinking of changing the name of this blog to “New Research Suggests”, for these three words begin most press releases announcing dubious “scientific” results. Whoever first thought of this phrase […]

A Depressing Day, With Some Hope

By Briggs on November 3, 2010 • ( 45 Comments )

The election is over and, in large measure, the populace once more voted to continue voting itself funds taken from “other” people. Oh, sure, in some areas like Florida, the flood tide […]

Alcohol More Harmful Than Heroin Or Cocaine?

By Briggs on November 2, 2010 • ( 39 Comments )

Belly up to the bar, boys. Have a snort! Reach into that pile of needles and raise them high. I’d like to propose a toast to Professors David Nutt [sic], Leslie King, […]

How Much Math Do We Really Need?

By Briggs on November 1, 2010 • ( 34 Comments )

That title was lifted from a Washington Post essay by G.V. Ramanathan, a professor emeritus of mathematics, statistics and computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. For my Twitter- and […]

High Priests Of (Climate) Science

By Briggs on October 31, 2010 • ( 46 Comments )

“And thy response shall be: ‘Nothing hear our prayer’,” said the high priest of the Church of Science. “Nothing hear our prayer,” intoned the congregation. “For we shall be a light unto […]

Being Against Climate Change Legislation Is Just Like Being For Slavery

By Briggs on October 30, 2010 • ( 21 Comments )

Or so implies Andrew J. Hoffman, current sitter in the cushy Holcim chair at the University of Michigan, and writer of the peer-reviewed (I’m guessing) article “Climate change as a cultural and […]

Influential Forecasts

By Briggs on October 29, 2010 • ( 8 Comments )

If I tell you that the price of a stock is going to increase and you believe me enough to rush out and buy that stock, the price of that stock will […]

Are We In The Midst Of A Global Extinction Event?

By Briggs on October 28, 2010 • ( 22 Comments )

“All Life Ends! Amphibians, Cartilaginous Fishes Hardest Hit.” That was the headline yesterday in newspapers all over the country as editors reacted to a press release from Science magazine which described a […]

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