William M. Briggs

How The Increase In Saints Shows The Decrease In Quality Science

This post is about Science. It will not seem so until the end. Most know the Catholic Church had, and still has, the position of Advocatus Diaboli, a.k.a. the Devil's…

Culture Philosophy

The Meta-Fallacy: The Mother Of All Fallacies

This is an excerpt from Chapter 26 of Everything You Believe Is Wrong. I am very much interested to learn of reader's experience with this fallacy. Please let us know…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: On Bodily Resurrection

Previous post. What comes after "the end". The proofs here are, as should be obvious, almost entirely scripture-based. THAT THROUGH CHRIST THE RESURRECTION OF BODIES IS TO COME 1 Now,…

Culture

Take This Quiz And Learn If Should You Be A Racist!

Should I Be A Racist? Quiz 1. You're walking down West 20th Street, heading toward 10th Avenue. (A trip Yours Truly made on foot hundreds of times. I once worked…

Statistics

The Pandemic Is Over, Biden Said. No! We Need It, Experts Said

It's always fun when Biden is not under strict supervision---super vision; apt, that, in our technological age. Were those earplugs? Anyway, when not in the eye, he usually ends up…

Statistics

Why Principal Component Analysis Ain’t All That

My enemies managed to change the spelling of Principal in the title. They are everywhere. Principal Component Analysis There is an extremely popular analytic technique called Principal Component Analysis, or…

Culture

The Bizarre, And Really Quite Hilarious, Belief In Male & Female Equality

Marilyn "vos Savant" scored one major victory in her life. (More than most.) She correctly (copied? noodled?) the correct answer to the Monty Hall problem. Which by itself is only…

Culture

The Greatest Reset Movie — In Which Yours Truly Has A Cameo

Last summer a pair of gentlemen came to interview me about the coronadoom. It was to be for the movie The Greatest Reset. Which is now out. (It's free, but…

Leonard on In Which An Atheist Becomes Sputteringly Angry Over Theist’s ArgumentNovember 11, 2025
But who in their right mind turns to The Atlantic for scientific discussion??
Cary D Cotterman on Academics Debate Which Term Best Describes Those Who Love (in that way) Their PillowsNovember 10, 2025
Nuking seems like such an architectural waste. Would it be possible to just quickly and cleanly eliminate university-infesting life forms,…
Brian (bulaoren) on Academics Debate Which Term Best Describes Those Who Love (in that way) Their PillowsNovember 10, 2025
How long will it take for carnival rides to start complaining about being "objectified"?
Pk on Academics Debate Which Term Best Describes Those Who Love (in that way) Their PillowsNovember 10, 2025
The Gravity ride was introduced in 2015. What is the age of consent for an amusement park ride?
Rich on Academics Debate Which Term Best Describes Those Who Love (in that way) Their PillowsNovember 10, 2025
I'm presuming that "centrifugal logic" is reasoning that flees from sense.

William M. Briggs

In Which An Atheist Becomes Sputteringly Angry Over Theist’s Argument

Academics Debate Which Term Best Describes Those Who Love (in that way) Their Pillows

Class 71: Never Trust ‘Research Shows’ Headlines: We Bring Cause To Data

Diversity Patrol Scanning Citations For Victims

Little Nate’s Plan To Save The World

Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education Causes Mass Squealing

Stay The Course: Have Some Class

Last Call For Alcohol-Cancer Papers

UFO Hits United Flight. All Survive. This Time!

Changes Are Coming: Our Return to 1970s

Class 70: Most Claims Of “Controlled For” Are Wrong: The Right Way

The Triumph Of The Feminine

At What Point Does Transsexualism Become A Conservative Value?

The Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had

Class 69: Why Parameters Don’t Exist

Putin, Xi Who Must Obeyed, Occult Rituals & Living Forever

Nobody Believes Anything Based On “No Evidence”

Good Vs Bad Science (Models) & How You Can Tell The Difference: Think Twice Science

Class 68: The Philosophy Of Models (Regression): The WRONG Way

The Lancet’s New Push To Ban Meat

‘Termination Shock’: Newest Entry In Science Doom Naming Contest

In Which An Atheist Becomes Sputteringly Angry Over Theist’s Argument

Academics Debate Which Term Best Describes Those Who Love (in that way) Their Pillows

How The Increase In Saints Shows The Decrease In Quality Science

The Meta-Fallacy: The Mother Of All Fallacies

Summary Against Modern Thought: On Bodily Resurrection

Take This Quiz And Learn If Should You Be A Racist!

The Pandemic Is Over, Biden Said. No! We Need It, Experts Said

Why Principal Component Analysis Ain’t All That

The Bizarre, And Really Quite Hilarious, Belief In Male & Female Equality

The Greatest Reset Movie — In Which Yours Truly Has A Cameo

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