William M. Briggs

Experts: Everybody In Europe Died From Breathing Toxic Air

A toxin, as the redoubtable reader undoubtedly knows, is a poison. And a poison, says Mr Webster, is that which causes "morbid, noxious, or deadly effects". People who ingest or…

Statistics

All—As In All—Of The “Climate Change Made This Event More Likely” Claims Are False

Here's a typical recent propaganda headline: "Climate change made Libya flooding 50 times more likely: Report." This is not so. Here's another recent one from PBS: "Climate change made global…

Culture Philosophy

The Closer To REALITY, The Closer To Reality

There are any number of proofs of this proposition: The closer to Reality, the closer to reality. Here's one, recalling first that there is always a +/- to all surveys,…

Podcast Statistics

Weeping & Gnashing Of Teeth From Our Paper Saying “Climate Change” Not A Big Deal

That peer-reviewed, and therefore indisputable, paper we wrote showing, as many have showed, that "climate change" is overblown has been getting a lot of publicity. Before we come to that,…

Fun

Coin Flip Video Restored!

What a clusterfarg. Here is the video, in all it's glory. Link. https://youtu.be/8XX0iRAN--8 Sorry for the duplicate email/post.

Culture

Curse Of The Enlightenment: All Of Its Axioms Are False, Yet We Believe Them All

Why are things so bad? And why will they continue to grow worse? The Enlightenment. Also known---or, rather, as it should be known---as The Great Corruption. Things are bad because…

Statistics

The Probability Of A Head In A Coin Flip Is 1, Not 1/2

My dad and I built a coin flipping machine. Then made this video (you might have to click the link): LINK FIXED. Link, because the embedding is not working. https://youtu.be/8XX0iRAN--8…

Philosophy

Experts want to take uteruses out of women and put them into men

To read today's article, it is helpful to recall that in the context of biology and medicine the prefix trans can always be translated by not a or just not.…

Cary Cotterman on UFO Hits United Flight. All Survive. This Time!October 28, 2025
A couple of things I wonder about: What would happen if the object had hit, say, the center of the…
Richard Brimage on UFO Hits United Flight. All Survive. This Time!October 28, 2025
It appears to have been a sand filled ballast bag hanging from a weather balloon.
Phil R on Changes Are Coming: Our Return to 1970sOctober 28, 2025
A family vacation goes awry in a faraway village after the innocents realize the village was run by a cult…
Brian (bulaoren) on Changes Are Coming: Our Return to 1970sOctober 28, 2025
Back in the 1970s, a Chinese woman named Jiang Qing was married to a senile Chinese dictator named Mao Ze…
McChuck on Changes Are Coming: Our Return to 1970sOctober 28, 2025
I have to say, that disco song was better than 99.44% of the dreck that's being produced today.

William M. Briggs

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

Class 68: The Philosophy Of Models (Regression): The WRONG Way

The Lancet’s New Push To Ban Meat

‘Termination Shock’: Newest Entry In Science Doom Naming Contest

Changing Clocks In Fall Will Stroke You Out, Fatty: Research

Class 67: The Philosophy Of Models (Regression): The Right Way

Big Things Are Happening With Celebrities, The Pope & “Climate Change”!

The Main Barrier To Reproduction Is Ideas

How You Helped Academics Justify Sex With Children

Class 66: The Difference Between Uncertainty and Decision

Autism & Tylenol

The Charlie Kirk Killing Theories: The (Non)-Mathematics Of Conspiracy Theories 2