Briggs

Number 1 Book In Epistemology & In Logic! Get It While It’s Hot!

It's probably gone by now, but for a little while my new book, Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics, was "#1 New Release in Epistemology" then "#1 New…

Culture

University Drops Math, May Add Diversity Requirement

"How much is the cube root of -169?" "Race is a social construct and quotas must exist to increase the proportion of people of color." "Correct. Question two: Describe the…

Statistics

Infinity & Probability: A Return To The Finite

There is a discussion of infinity and an argument to return to the discrete and finite in my upcoming book Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics. Infinity is…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Matter Doesn’t Always Matter

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. Just a…

Culture

Facebook All Video: The Disappearance Of Words

I was, like, I can't even. I mean, it's like something isn't right. I feel, like, it isn't right? Like, removing, like, words? It's so, like, strange. I was all,…

Philosophy

Real Philosophy Is Science — Guest Post by Old David

Editor's note: Old David, a.k.a. David Marwick from Australia, is familiar from the comment pages, and I thought it would be fun if he were on the receiving end of…

Philosophy

Are We Special? New Thoughts about the Anthropic Principle — Guest Post by Bob Kurland

Editor's note This post first appeared at Kurland's home site. My criticisms follow. "Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth - the universe looks suspiciously like a fix.…

Fun

Teaching: No Post, No Podcast, But One Book

Tried to do it, but ran out of time. Not only is there the teaching, and the radio shows, and the eating, and the talking too much, but there is…

Cary D Cotterman on Noticing Differences Between Races Does Not PayApril 22, 2026
You speak wisdom, Martian giant.
Brian (bulaoren) on Noticing Differences Between Races Does Not PayApril 22, 2026
My previous post may seem a bit ambiguous. I do, of course, share Dr Briggs' disdain for ideologically blinded deniers…
Brian (bulaoren) on Noticing Differences Between Races Does Not PayApril 22, 2026
Today's post illustrates a new logic; one has to be insane to understand it. There was a time when insane…
Tars Tarkas on Noticing Differences Between Races Does Not PayApril 22, 2026
"And it is true because of a combination of innate, hence ineradicable, and environmental conditions. " Blaming the environment is…
Gail Finke on How A Miracle Turns MundaneApril 22, 2026
That staff story is bizarre. THAT was the final straw for him, when it sounds like the same story two…