William M. Briggs

We Put Some Uncomfortable Questions To Those Who Say There Is A Dutch Nitrogen “Crisis”

A group of us put some hard questions to the Netherlands Council of State, asking how they knew there was a nitrogen "crisis." Yes, this is about political matters in…

Culture

The Woke Will Never Let Us Go: Comments On Anton’s Secession Dialogue

Listen to the podcast at YouTube, BitchuteT, or Gab (back up). Michael Anton in The Asylum has a semi-imaginary dialogue between himself (he calls himself Tom) and a woke man…

Philosophy Statistics

What Are All The Uses To Which (So-Called) Random Numbers Are Put?

Listen to the podcast at YouTube, Bitchute or Gab (to come). From Anon comes the major announcement: "Quside unveils the world’s first Randomness Processing Unit". Quside today unveils its vision…

Culture

Women Firemen To Be Allowed To Battle Fires With Feelings In Connecticut

I always have mixed feelings when I see stories with headlines like this: "Connecticut Law Would Axe Fitness Requirements for Female Firefighters". My first reaction is to laugh. Not solely…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Last Judgement

Previous post. In the long run, as the man said, we shall be dead. THE LAST JUDGMENT 1 From the foregoing it is clear, then, that there is a twofold…

Culture

All Sportsball Players Must Wear A Crucifix During Lent

I hereby designate Lent (this year Wednesday, February 22 to Thursday, April 6) Christian Pride Month. During this time, all sportsball players must wear a Crucifix on their jerseys to…

Statistics

The Great Climate Anxiety Grift

I, dear reader, am not a climate denier. I do not deny there is a climate. Some do: even many, given the popularity of the phrase. Further---and this follows logically---I…

Statistics

The Only Argument Against P-Values You Will Ever Need

Some two and a half years ago I posted this article: "An Infinity of Null Hypotheses — Another Anti-P-Value Argument". The title is unfortunate; or, rather, the subtitle is. It…

Dan MacDougald on Peer-Reviewed Research: Men Find Looking At Nearly Naked Women DistractingJuly 22, 2025
Reminds me of the study that found college women were more likely to have hook up sex after drinking alcohol
Peer-Reviewed Research: Men Find Looking At Nearly Naked Women Distracting – William M. Briggs on Peer-reviewed research: Men find looking at nearly naked women distractingJuly 22, 2025
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Media Lament State Dept Cuts, Ignore Job Wreckage From Past Democratic Admins on The Myth Of Killer Mercury: Guest Post By Willie Soon & Paul DriessenJuly 21, 2025
[…] generating plants with equal zeal, using questionable-to-bogus claims about climate change, mercury, and fine particulates to justify its actions. One…
Layoffs at – Versus Because of – Federal Agencies - The Post & Email on The Myth Of Killer Mercury: Guest Post By Willie Soon & Paul DriessenJuly 20, 2025
[…] generating plants with equal zeal, using questionable to bogus claims about climate change, mercury and fine particulates to justify…
Kevin McMillen on The Hierarchy Of Intelligences & IQ: We’re Not As Smart As We ThinkJuly 19, 2025
Is this article proof that you didn’t score very well on a recent IQ test?

William M. Briggs

Peer-Reviewed Research: Men Find Looking At Nearly Naked Women Distracting

A Week’s Vacation

Class 58: Hypothesis Testing Is All Wrong

Vegetarians Crave Power And Success More Than Meat Eaters Do, Study Finds

Jung’s Synchronicity & Coincidence

Reader Opinion Requested: What Science Do You Find Sketchy, Exaggerated Or Wrong?

Class 57: The Second Best Model

Don’t Lose Sleep Over Research On “Climate Change” & Sleep Apnea

What’s Wrong With The Golf Course Parkinson’s Study

The Unseen Bias In All Science

The Sad End Of Radio

Let’s Play A Game Of Let’s Suppose!

Test Your IQ With These Puzzles! (Not So Easy!)

How Can You Tell If You Have ESP?

Class 56: The Best Model!

Sabine Hossenfelder’s Free Will Folly & The Deadly Sin Of Reification

England’s Mandatory Suicide & Women

On The Probability Of God

Class 55: Models Vs Reality

AI & Chess Both Produce Pre-Coded Output

The Hubris Of Experts: NIH Edition

Peer-Reviewed Research: Men Find Looking At Nearly Naked Women Distracting

A Week’s Vacation

We Put Some Uncomfortable Questions To Those Who Say There Is A Dutch Nitrogen “Crisis”

The Woke Will Never Let Us Go: Comments On Anton’s Secession Dialogue

What Are All The Uses To Which (So-Called) Random Numbers Are Put?

Women Firemen To Be Allowed To Battle Fires With Feelings In Connecticut

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Last Judgement

All Sportsball Players Must Wear A Crucifix During Lent

The Great Climate Anxiety Grift

The Only Argument Against P-Values You Will Ever Need

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