William M. Briggs

Two Ruth Sent Us Angry Women Invade A Catholic Church: A Vision

The story opened like this: Pro-abortion activists are planning protests in churches on Mother’s Day and are preparing visits to Supreme Court justices’ homes next week to express anger over…

Philosophy

The Step Back Shuffle Problem In The Origin Of Life

Science does not know what life is. Which is to say, the definition of life is not scientific. Science begins with the definition---supplied by outside sources and methods---and then does…

Statistics

There Are No Such Things As 100-Year Floods: Global Warming Isn’t Making Floods Worse

Reader Chuck Lampert writes: Hi Briggs! I got into a kerfluffle with some Climate Apocalypse true believers who said the frequency of 1/50, 1/100, 1/500, and 1/1000 yr floods is…

Culture Philosophy

“Let Us Kill! Let Us Kill!” The Left Chants As Justice Alito Smiles On

Propagandists are celebrating. Not the possibility that ghouls calling themselves "doctors" will no longer be able to kill legally the lives inside would-be mothers---and use the dead bodies in various…

Culture

The Disinformation Governance Board Was Conceived After The 2016 Meme Wars: It Was Formed To Stop Trump 2.0: Here’s How It Will Work

The creepiest government agency will become the home of the official Ministry of Truth I have been warning you about these many years, announced right after Musk bought Twitter. Do…

Case Study Of A Coronadoom Panic: How It Starts, Builds & How It Ends

Statistics

Briggs on Class 14: No “UNfair” Dice & 1, 2, 3, Many!July 23, 2024
gareth, If n = whatever, and k = 0,1,2,..., n. Then n - k = 0 at the end. And…
gareth on Class 14: No “UNfair” Dice & 1, 2, 3, Many!July 23, 2024
16:43: "0!=1" - eh? n!=n*n-1... if n=0 then n!=0 Please explain or point to links that do :-) Comment: agree…
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 -…

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

Reasons Not To Like Prediction Markets

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

Two Ruth Sent Us Angry Women Invade A Catholic Church: A Vision

The Step Back Shuffle Problem In The Origin Of Life

There Are No Such Things As 100-Year Floods: Global Warming Isn’t Making Floods Worse

“Let Us Kill! Let Us Kill!” The Left Chants As Justice Alito Smiles On

The Disinformation Governance Board Was Conceived After The 2016 Meme Wars: It Was Formed To Stop Trump 2.0: Here’s How It Will Work

Case Study Of A Coronadoom Panic: How It Starts, Builds & How It Ends

Summary Against Modern Thought: Baptism

Let’s Catch Up On Racial Pandering

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