Briggs

Let’s Polka! Or How Polka Can Save The World — WMBriggs Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iraHfs8iKUg The Polka Police say, "Let's Polka!" And there's no better way to polka than with the Schmenges, a.k.a. The Happy Wanderers, who are a must for any polka lover.…

Culture Statistics

Here Comes The Gene-Editing Research In Human Embryos

The mechanistic view of man and the universe has consequences, the most important of which is that man is seen as a machine. Well, he must be if everything is…

Culture Statistics

Ritual Sacrifice Promoted Evolution Of Stratified Societies: A Statistical Fallacy

His Majesty Every human society except one is stratified. The exception is the empire of William I, a small sand island that comes and goes by a remote and isolated…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God Can Do Everything Not Logically Impossible

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. Last week…

Culture

Norway’s Official Church Surrenders Christianity

They weren't the first Christian sect to surrender and they won't be the last, but the Norwegian church is one of the official state churches to give up on holy…

Culture

Why Do So Many Want Men In Ladies Rooms? Bonus: Did You Know It’s Earth Awareness Day?

Street Pest: Excuse me, sir, do you have a minute to save the earth? Intelligent Man: Huh? Oh. The earth? I'm not sure the earth would benefit from saving. SP:…

Statistics

Stream: Why Science Is Broken & How To Fix It

Today's post is at The Stream: Why Science Is Broken, and How To Fix It: It comes down to bad politics, bad money, and bad philosophy. Here are snippets. Plus:…

Podcast

WMBriggs Podcast 20 Apr 2016 — The End Of All History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiFiqwWt60M Lights Out clip, followed by the approach of Mars by Holst. If, as claimed by humanism, man were born only to be happy, he would not be born to…

spetzer86 on A New Kind Of University: Your Comments WantedAugust 25, 2026
Sadly, you'd never get through the traditional academic review boards and the required certifications forcing compliance with mainstream thought. You…
Bill Hankel on A New Kind Of University: Your Comments WantedAugust 25, 2026
As someone who is currently almost 65 years old, and has never attended college, I'm in! It has been obvious…
McChuck on A New Kind Of University: Your Comments WantedAugust 25, 2026
It's not a terrible idea. It could work, given sufficient determination and willpower over decades and generations.
Brian (bulaoren) on Bad Black Health Blamed On SlaveryAugust 22, 2026
Enough time has passed, since this post went up, for me to feel no need to stick to the topic.…
David on Bad Black Health Blamed On SlaveryAugust 20, 2026
I would also like to point out that slaves often had *better* medical care than their working-class white counterparts, being…