William M. Briggs

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…

Culture

Bad Ideas Never Die: Why They’ll Still Come For Gas Stoves — Guest Post by Otto Moibul

In this space, our host eviscerated the study on which the recommendation to do away with gas stove was based on. What was hilarious was that overnight, experts, congress critters,…

Philosophy

The Many Ways The Vaccination Seat-Belt Analogy Fails

If you don't wear your seat belt, I am at greater risk of catching coronadoom. And thus my grandmother might die, you granny killer. Is that what they mean by…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Our State Upon Death

Previous post. Once again, and for the last time, we remind you that you only get once chance. HOW INCORPOREAL SUBSTANCES MAY SUFFER FROM BODILY FIRE 1 That the unchangeable…

Neil Jordan on Class 79: Time Series ExampleFebruary 20, 2026
Does the passage of time cause ice, or does ice cause the passage of time? Mystical statistical court of appeals…
Johnno on The Importance Of Not Making DecisionsFebruary 19, 2026
But Briggs... we pay people to make decisions on our behalf... Government exists, and it MUST do SOMETHING!!! What are…
Johnno on AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest PanicFebruary 19, 2026
BRIGGS YOU FOOL OF ARTIFICIALITY! Aye Eye exists for one reason and ONE REASON ONLY! To INCREASE Shareholder Value! If…
JH on The Importance Of Not Making DecisionsFebruary 19, 2026
Maybe you mean “knowledge” instead of “belief.” When my daughter was in ninth grade, I asked her about evidence for…
gareth on AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest PanicFebruary 19, 2026
Yes "AI" is just computer models. Better - in the sense of more competent in tasks than before. This does…

William M. Briggs

Class 79: Time Series Example

The Importance Of Not Making Decisions

Don’t Take The ‘Long-Covid’ Alzheimer’s Study Seriously

AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest Panic

Class 78: The Attempt To Turn Correlation Lead Into Causation Gold In Time Series

Desperate Need For Equality: AP Exam Performance

Some Sanity: Experts Sued For Creating Gender Delusions

Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGI

Polar Bears Are Doing Fine: Activists, Not So Well

Impossible LSAT Statistics Question

How Women’s Equality In Democracies Changes Voting (And Everything Else)

Class 77: Trendy Trends In Time Series

Who Still Listens To AM Radio?

Scientists Invent New Name For Models: Digital Twins

What Science Says About Making Medication Mandatory

What A Winter

FDA Goes Bayes: It Should Have Gone Probability

Class 76: That’s Not Noise. That’s Signal!

AI: The Earth Is Spinning Faster & Slower (Because “Climate Change”)

Confirmation Bias In The Minneapolis Shooting

Sports Betting Is An Excellent Way To Lose Money