William M. Briggs

Scientists Use The Double-Dog Epidemiologist Fallacy To Claim Breathing Induces Antibiotic Resistance

Thanks to AS! I don't have your email, so I hope you see this. The epidemiologist fallacy occurs when a scientist announces, directly or implicitly, that X Causes Y, but…

Culture

Climate Propaganda Doing A Magnificent Job, Pew Confirms

Remember that New Jersey school system that adds "climate change" propaganda to every class in each year of schooling, kindergarten through twelfth grade? They, and schools like them, are doing…

Culture

What Happened At An Academic Expert Disinformation Summit

We---but not Anon, who reports below---missed the Cambridge Disinformation Summit, held the last week of July (Videoes). Conference organizers described their sensitivity soirée thusly: Strategic disinformation is an accelerant for…

Book review

Crazy Eddie’s Craziest Scams

You must have seen the ads (like this). Even if you didn't live in or around New York, they were infamous. They featured radioman Jerry Carroll---I was disappointed to learn…

Culture

Soy Boy vs Moi Boi & The Fate Of Russia — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Is it possible? Can it be true that behind the scenes of the Ukrainian War there is a deep-state complicity between the Western WEF-types and the Eastern ‘Sino-Soviet’ types? That…

Statistics

Mask Forever, Says Experts’ Model, It Saves Lives!

Here's a question for you, brought to you by propagandists: "Could permanent masks in public become Vic policy?" And here's the headline: "Could wearing masks in public be the answer…

Philosophy

Does Admitting Spengler’s End Of Science Mean We Have To Accept Ways Of Knowing?

Let's expand a point made in the post Blish & Spengler On The End Science. Both Blish, in his summary of Spengler, and Spengler himself, said that West Civilization (in…

Fun

The Cultural Event Of The Year! Or, What I Did On My Summer Vacation

No Homework Turned In? I see I mystified most of you last week with that series of technical articles showing how easy it is to generate The Science. Very few…

John Pate on Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living LongerMay 27, 2026
If they're just keeping dementia patients alive longer because it's profitable for the medical industrial complex then we're not really…
Robert Sides on Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living LongerMay 27, 2026
A totally self-serving question (although, one that I know you could work through). If of no value to the whole,…
~Nona on Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living LongerMay 27, 2026
Thank you for this detailed information. I can’t help but wonder what today’s world would look like had we maintained…
Johnno on Why There Are (Probably) No UFOs: “Climate Change”May 26, 2026
JAMES, YOU FOOL! There ACKSHULLY has been evidence of Ball Lightning on High Definition Video and on the News! https://youtu.be/dMsGHmGxyxo?si=obuqsc5ionM10SGw…
Johnno on Creating Microbial Monsters To Terrorize OurselvesMay 26, 2026
But how much bacteria is on the surface of a smartphone touch screen? The filthy thing we tap with our…

William M. Briggs

Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living Longer

Blessed Memorial Day; No Class; See You Wednesday

Why There Are (Probably) No UFOs: “Climate Change”

Creating Microbial Monsters To Terrorize Ourselves

Class 89: The Measure Most Modelers Forget: Skill Examples

The Shocking Conclusion of the HR Trilemma!

The HR Trilemma: Which Door Decides Your Fate?

Capital Punishment Deters Crime More Than The Death Penalty

How Experts Use “Calamities” to Find Official Victims & Gain Power

Richard Dawkins, The Big Muscles Fallacy & AI Pachinko

Class 88: The Most Neglected Concept: Skill

The Red-Blue Button Dilemma & Its Surprising Answer

UFO Reports About To Blast Off!

Class 87: Calibration & Conformal Prediction: Examples

Noticing Differences Between Races Does Not Pay

What Are The Chances Of All These Scientists Dying, Killed, Or Going Missing?

Class 86: Calibration & Conformal Prediction: Theory

How A Miracle Turns Mundane

Contest Winner Announced!

Trump’s Last Stand: Mea Culpa, Redux — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Class 85: Proper Scores of Model Goodness

Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living Longer

Blessed Memorial Day; No Class; See You Wednesday

Scientists Use The Double-Dog Epidemiologist Fallacy To Claim Breathing Induces Antibiotic Resistance

Climate Propaganda Doing A Magnificent Job, Pew Confirms

What Happened At An Academic Expert Disinformation Summit

Crazy Eddie’s Craziest Scams

Soy Boy vs Moi Boi & The Fate Of Russia — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Mask Forever, Says Experts’ Model, It Saves Lives!

Does Admitting Spengler’s End Of Science Mean We Have To Accept Ways Of Knowing?

The Cultural Event Of The Year! Or, What I Did On My Summer Vacation

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