Briggs

Lucky You! All About Luck — WMBriggs Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEz3x8J21Ns Robert Goulet: Time After Time So there's this guy, "J"---and this is a true story, so pay attention. J's doing well, a pillar of his community. Big family, house,…

Culture

A New Kind Of University: An Open Discussion

We agree that the university system is "broken." The reasons why are obvious: ideology and money have so corroded the foundations that a collapse is imminent. These facts naturally lead…

Culture

Reality Made Illegal: Man Ordered To Treat Daughter As Boy

As predicted by Yours Truly, another aspect of Reality has been made illegal. Mentally recall your favorite Orwell quote as you read this headline: "Court orders dad to start treating…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Some Things Exist Necessarily

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. This is…

Statistics

Do People Really Believe In Chance & The Deadly Sin of Reification?

From our very own JMJ, who asked this in response to an announcement of my new book (read this first): Briggs, how many people how you encountered who need these…

Statistics

Stream: Choose to Read This Article About Research Saying You Don’t Have Free Will

Today's post is at The Stream: Choose to Read This Article About Research Saying You Don't Have Free Will. ..."Free will could all be an illusion, scientists suggest after study…

Podcast

Are We Smart Enough To Know What Intelligence Is? — WMBriggs Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exQZDW7KN5w Aaron Neville: You're So Smart Michio Kaku on the Evolution of Intelligence That was Michio Kaku on intelligence, getting some things right, some wrong. Let's focus on what he…

Culture Fun

Climate Hustle: In Which Yours Truly Becomes A Movie Star. Updates From Last Night

I'm thinking of hiring the same security firm Mark "I'm No Fan Of Guns Unless They're Used To Protect Me" Zuckerberg. Just like he, I'll be a big star and…

Cary Cotterman on Changing Clocks In Fall Will Stroke You Out, Fatty: ResearchOctober 6, 2025
I don't really care about the twice-annual time changes. They don't bother me. However, if any change were to be…
cdquarles on Changing Clocks In Fall Will Stroke You Out, Fatty: ResearchOctober 6, 2025
I like daylight time. Where I am in relation to my time zone's prime meridian, at the peak of summer…
Brian (bulaoren) on Changing Clocks In Fall Will Stroke You Out, Fatty: ResearchOctober 6, 2025
Do P values constitute effeminate logic? If so, perhaps they should be called "sit down to P values" (which don't…
Rudolph Harrier on Changing Clocks In Fall Will Stroke You Out, Fatty: ResearchOctober 6, 2025
This is a serious question: is there any justification for using p-values when you are modelling everything to begin with?…
Uncle Mike on Changing Clocks In Fall Will Stroke You Out, Fatty: ResearchOctober 6, 2025
Quit effing with the clocks. There is no reason to do it. Yes, it strokes people out. Yes, it's a…