William M. Briggs

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Distinction of Orders

Previous post. Everywhere rank exists. ON THE DISTINCTION OF ORDERS 1 Let us now take this into consideration: The power ordered to some principal effect by nature has under it…

Fun

“If Uncle Sam ever gets whipped, here, too, it will be an inside job.”

I am on vacation for a few days. So I have a treat for you. This follows yesterday's post. Paul Harvey reminding us of inescapable facts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB42i0qg6A8 In which Harvey…

Culture

Malthus’s Proof That Welfare Leads To Increasing Need For Welfare Reexamined

This is an updated version of an original post that ran 3 February 2014. Here is a sketch of Malthus's argument that official government beneficence causes the problem it seeks…

Statistics

Researchers: Living Under The Sin-Of-Pride Flag Produces Flashbacks To Noah’s Flood

Read this The Science sentence with me and see if you enjoy it as much as I did: "Long before climate change, California’s Great Flood of 1862 stretched up to…

Culture

Why The Regime Insists Party Members Lie

Stay with me on this story. It's not big in itself, but telling. So a lefty politician is running for mayor in the Taiwan city of Taoyuan. He belongs to…

Philosophy

Sabine Hossenfelder Tries, Using Free Will, To Explain She Doesn’t Have Free Will

Here's a video Philosopher's Cabin asked me to review. We met its author, Sabine Hossenfelder, before, when she was trying to explain how black holes enhanced Diversity, or the other…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: On The Priesthood

Previous post. Why priests are different. ON THE SACRAMENT OF ORDERS 1 It is, of course, clear from what has been said that in all the sacraments dealt with a…

Statistics

The Fall Of A Culture In One Minute Ten Seconds

It's all here, in this one video. The complete explanation for the last three years, and more. Sound on for the full horror: https://twitter.com/TansuYegen/status/1556154856787873793 I have been informed by Experts…

NLR on Reasons Not To Like Prediction MarketsJuly 23, 2024
The thing that gets me about these rationalists is that they seem to think it's still 1998. All the Internet…
Rudolph Harrier on Reasons Not To Like Prediction MarketsJuly 23, 2024
It was discussion of voting models that made it easy for me to believe your assertion that there are no…
Paul Murphy on Reasons Not To Like Prediction MarketsJuly 23, 2024
and the #1 reason to dislike prediction markets is... they can be used like push polls to manipulate opinion -…
Plantagenet on Reasons Not To Like Prediction MarketsJuly 23, 2024
Addendum I forgot to mention that since I placed my bet a couple months ago the odds are now on…
Plantagenet on Reasons Not To Like Prediction MarketsJuly 23, 2024
At betting shops over here in the UK there seem to be two types of big event bets. The first…

William M. Briggs

Reasons Not To Like Prediction Markets

Class 14: No “UNfair” Dice & 1, 2, 3, Many!

Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim Researchers

The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2

Lesson 13: No “Fair” Dice & Jaynes Symmetry

Arrest All Stochastic Terrorists In Trump Assassination Attempt & Civilian Murder & Shootings

Academics Have Contest To See How Many Times They Can Say ‘Racist’ In An Article: An IQ Story

Jon Stewart Proves Democracies Are Undesirable

There Is No Culture Without Inequality: Stove 1

How Did Such A Smart Guy Get So Stupid: Bill Gates & Cow Farts

Testing The Blog Emailer: Please Delete

Top Ten Fireworks Tips from the Cult of Safety First!

My Origin Story – And More! In Which I’m Interviewed

Experts’ Tears Flow

Class 12: Psychic Card Guessing & The Proportional Syllogism

The Debate: A Key Moment In The History Of Comedy. Plus Predictions

Is This The Dumbest Science Ever?

Impose Your Beliefs Before They Impose Theirs

The Probability Of Being Accused Of The Hate Crime Of Disparate Impact Approaches 1

Class 11: One Son Born Tuesday & Relevance. Update: Homework Added!

The Misinformation Dis(mis)course Revisited : The Losing Battle of The Academic Expertocracy — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp