Briggs

The Federal Takeover Of Colleges Through Paying Off Student Loans

So the regime is implementing student loan "forgiveness." Which is to say, it's having you through your taxes pay the loans of students, so the students pay less, or nothing.…

Statistics

The Difference Between Variability & Uncertainty In Risk

Reader question: Dear Dr. Briggs I regularly read your blog and have purchased both your books. I especially liked your book on Uncertainty, although I need to study it a…

Culture

Scientists Now Insist Sun Rises In The West

A group of New Physicists gathered out on the point the other morning, close by where I live. I get up pretty early (too early), and since not many do,…

Statistics

There Is No Climate Emergency: So Say Us All

I am one of the more than one thousand scientists and related professionals who signed the World Climate Declaration, an effort started by a friend of ours Marcel Crok and…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Distinction of Orders

Previous post. Everywhere rank exists. ON THE DISTINCTION OF ORDERS 1 Let us now take this into consideration: The power ordered to some principal effect by nature has under it…

Fun

“If Uncle Sam ever gets whipped, here, too, it will be an inside job.”

I am on vacation for a few days. So I have a treat for you. This follows yesterday's post. Paul Harvey reminding us of inescapable facts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB42i0qg6A8 In which Harvey…

Culture

Malthus’s Proof That Welfare Leads To Increasing Need For Welfare Reexamined

This is an updated version of an original post that ran 3 February 2014. Here is a sketch of Malthus's argument that official government beneficence causes the problem it seeks…

Statistics

Researchers: Living Under The Sin-Of-Pride Flag Produces Flashbacks To Noah’s Flood

Read this The Science sentence with me and see if you enjoy it as much as I did: "Long before climate change, California’s Great Flood of 1862 stretched up to…

Brian (bulaoren) on How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?June 2, 2026
Those humanitarian champions of euthanasia are always champing at the bit, to spring into action, every time someone complains of…
Jess on How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?June 2, 2026
Locally, a pit-bull was euthanized for killing a child. That's my metric. If they have at least the IQ of…
Joe Jach on Blessed Memorial Day; No Class; See You WednesdayJune 2, 2026
Mr Briggs, a belated and happy Memorial day! May our Gracious Lord guide you in all wisdom in your writings,…
Cary Cotterman on How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?June 1, 2026
Fry 'em all, let God sort 'em out.
Brian (bulaoren) on How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?June 1, 2026
So, "Epsilon Minus" murderers would face the executioner? Maybe you really can fix stupid...