William M. Briggs

Science: Force Kids To Mask To Defeat Systemic Racism

Listen to the podcast on Bitchute or Gab. Let's think about evidence, and its nature using a modern peer-reviewed paper as our example. The paper is "Lifting Universal Masking in…

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Every Place On Earth Warming Faster Than Every Other Place On Earth

There is more material in the podcast that I had time to transcribe. Listen on Bitchute, or Gab. The other day we saw a UN report which claimed that "billions…

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Regime Desperate To Promote “Climate Change” Claims “Climate Change” Worse Than Cancer

Listen to the podcast at Bitchute. New! Or Gab. Here's the headline: "Climate change much deadlier than cancer in some places, UNDP data shows". It's from the UN, naturally. The…

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We Have Become A Nation Of Book Burners

Listen to this at Bitchute I am a senior Gen Xer, which means I can recall a time in state-run schools where they taught us that evil people used to---the…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: On The Quality Of Glorified Bodies

Previous post. Continuing last week with more on what resurrected bodies will be like. ON THE QUALITY OF GLORIFIED BODIES 1 Grant, of course, that in the resurrection the merit…

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Another Reason For Broken Science: Citation Indexes

Suppose it turns out that something called prime matter is energy. Prime matter is the formless proto-matter that awaits a form to turn it into matter. Matter requires form to…

Culture Podcast

Academics Argue: (1) Do Not Save Drowning Children Because Meat, (2) Food Will Destroy The Planet

You cannot listen at YouTube, because Reality censors banned me for at least one week for yesterday's video. But you can listen at BitChute. I have long distinguished the difference…

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Election Open Thread: We Did It To Ourselves Again

I am pleased to announce my prediction came true. On Monday, I said "My prediction is that Unhappiness increases, regardless who wins whatever offices." Nailed it. Maxine Waters won re-election.…

hudbwu on On The Probability Of GodJuly 1, 2025
I don't think omnibenevolence is part of the definition of God. Not only because, as you stated, there is nothing…
hudbwu on England’s Mandatory Suicide & WomenJuly 1, 2025
> It is a characteristic of the breed—on average: we speak in generalities here—that in any argument women do not…
Briggs on How Can You Tell If You Have ESP?June 30, 2025
Spetzer, All good points. I go into many of them later in the chapter.
spetzer86 on How Can You Tell If You Have ESP?June 30, 2025
If the receiver and sender independently wrote down the guess / card with no verbal communication, it might be better.…
JH on Class 56: The Best Model!June 29, 2025
How can you make predictions in the big data era without using a model? Trust your gut.

William M. Briggs

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

The Mathematics Of Conspiracy Theories. Part 1: Black Eye Club Example

Class 54: Exchangeability & Parameters

Over-Certainty Of Polygenic Scores

AI & The Dilemma Of Technology

What Are The Chances Thomas Jefferson & John Adams Died On The Fourth of July, 1826?

Class 53: Laplace Was Right!

Even The Woke Say Science Is Petering Out

Expert Nathan Confas: Experts Know Best

Science Claims 7% Of Adults Saw A Mass Shooting

Class 52: The Origin Of Parameters

IQ Is Not Intelligence

What Are The Chances…George Wendt Dies On Same Day Cheers Ended 32 Years Before?

Class 51: Bayes Is Only A Formula

How Can You Tell If You Have ESP?

Class 56: The Best Model!

Science: Force Kids To Mask To Defeat Systemic Racism

Every Place On Earth Warming Faster Than Every Other Place On Earth

Regime Desperate To Promote “Climate Change” Claims “Climate Change” Worse Than Cancer

We Have Become A Nation Of Book Burners

Summary Against Modern Thought: On The Quality Of Glorified Bodies

Another Reason For Broken Science: Citation Indexes

Academics Argue: (1) Do Not Save Drowning Children Because Meat, (2) Food Will Destroy The Planet

Election Open Thread: We Did It To Ourselves Again

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