William M. Briggs

Best Defense When The Not-So-Secret Police Use AI To Claim You Are The Anonymous Tweeter

I want you to memorize something important. Never forget it. Ready? Artificial "intelligence", or AI, is just statistical modeling. (Regular readers already knew this.) Here's something else to know. Some…

Philosophy

Reader Question: Probability is not real in the sense that real life things are real

Anon writes: Mr. Briggs, I am trying to understand the statement in the title. It [probability] is a measure of uncertainty. It is a measure of what we know or…

Culture

Nature’s Pretend History Of “Racism” In Science

There is no "racism", systemic or otherwise, against blacks in science. But you are supposed to say there is, and decry it. Indeed, the less actual racism there is, the…

Culture Philosophy

The Broken Science Initiative: Two Introductory Videos

The Broken Science Initiative, to which I have been invited, has at last been launched at a recent get together in California. Greg Glassman introduces the topic. You will recognize…

Culture

Why School Boards Ignore Parents: Or, How The Expertocracy Works

There is still considerable confusion about our present form of government, which is a form of the managerial society predicted by Burnham, and outlined in intricate detail by Sam Francis.…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: On Eating & Procreation After Resurrection

Previous post. Our good saint believes no eating and no procreating after the resurrection. This is a very long one. THAT AMONG THE RISEN THERE WILL BE NO USE OF…

Culture

Nervous Chemists Demand Science DIE Harder

You have a pool of, say, 500 professionally trained specialty chemists---which is to say, chemists who specialize in a certain branch of chemistry that has suddenly gained popularity. I'm making…

Culture Statistics

CDC Panel Unanimously Recommends Truth Be Damned: Kids & The Coronadoom Vex

Update Well, they voted the wrong way. I'm also a bit surprised there doesn't seem much interest in this news. How quickly we surrender? Rochelle Walensky, the head of CDC,…

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Briggs on Only Credentialed Artists Can Appreciate ThisJuly 24, 2025
Michael, Let me look into this. When I figure out what's going on, I'll email. Thanks.
Michael Dowd on Only Credentialed Artists Can Appreciate ThisJuly 24, 2025
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Only Credentialed Artists Can Appreciate This – William M. Briggs on I wish I was making this upJuly 24, 2025
[…] classic column originally ran on 1 July 2008 under a different title. The original typos, placed by relentless enemies,…
Johnno on Does Watching TV Cause Autism?July 23, 2025
Did watching TV pharma ads lead to an increase in vexxination rates at the same time as all the autism?

William M. Briggs

Only Credentialed Artists Can Appreciate This

Does Watching TV Cause Autism?

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

Only Credentialed Artists Can Appreciate This

Does Watching TV Cause Autism?

Best Defense When The Not-So-Secret Police Use AI To Claim You Are The Anonymous Tweeter

Reader Question: Probability is not real in the sense that real life things are real

Nature’s Pretend History Of “Racism” In Science

The Broken Science Initiative: Two Introductory Videos

Why School Boards Ignore Parents: Or, How The Expertocracy Works

Summary Against Modern Thought: On Eating & Procreation After Resurrection

Nervous Chemists Demand Science DIE Harder

CDC Panel Unanimously Recommends Truth Be Damned: Kids & The Coronadoom Vex

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