Briggs

On The Supposed Newly Discovered “Gay Genes.” Or, The Importance Of Model Skill

Great news! The press and activists are touting a study which claims to have discovered the genes that "make" somebody gay. So get your enwombed baby's DNA scanned and make…

Statistics

Enjoy Coffee? You Could Be A Psychopath. Or, Time For A Two-Year Moratorium Of Questionnaire Science

The headline blared "Enjoy coffee or a gin and tonic? You could be a psychopath: People with dark personalities prefer bitter foods and drinks". And then the bullet points: *…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God’s Will And Contingency

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. Contingency is…

Culture

This Week In Doom: SJW’s Openly Deploying F-Bombs

So a magazine which follows advertisers' leads on how to match sock color F-bombed that neurosurgeon fellow who happens to be running for president. GQ, which I'm not sure who…

Statistics

How Many Deaths Does Reading @Voxdotcom Cause?

Bernd Felsche ?sends the breaking Vox news story "How many deaths did Volkswagen's pollution scandal cause? A back-of-the-envelope estimate." This article may represent the triumph of "explanatory" journalism. Volkswagen was…

Statistics

There Is No Such Thing As A 1000-Year Flood

Phrases like "100 year rainfalls" or floods or whatever for whatever period of time are awful. They convey an improper idea of uncertainty. The phrase "X year event" is based…

Culture

Never Adopt The Enemy’s Language

We should never adopt the enemy's language. It unnecessarily concedes him a victory and lessens our ability to think and to argue. Listen to Orwell! I was reminded of this…

Philosophy

Atheists Claim There Is No Such Thing As Gravity—Or Shakespeare!

How's this argument grab you? There are many competing theories of (quantum) gravity. They cannot all be correct. Therefore, they must all be wrong and thus there is no such…

Gail Finke on Changing Clocks In Fall Will Stroke You Out, Fatty: ResearchOctober 6, 2025
I hate the time change. It's completely unnecessary and messes up my sleep schedule for one to two weeks. It's…
Elevator Spy on Big Things Are Happening With Celebrities, The Pope & “Climate Change”!October 3, 2025
Francis was an anti-Francis because he worked against rebuilding the Church. And Leo is proving himself an anti-Leo because he…
Cookie on The Charlie Kirk Killing Theories: The (Non)-Mathematics Of Conspiracy Theories 2October 3, 2025
The Mauser is an excellent snipers rifle...it put many in the grave during WW1, but it would have to have…
Michael 2 on The Main Barrier To Reproduction Is IdeasOctober 3, 2025
"What I mean is the attitude by those in the middle who convince themselves they cannot afford to reproduce." It…
Arby on How You Helped Academics Justify Sex With ChildrenOctober 2, 2025
Briggs, I think you are being trolled; the lead author's name is Deevia(nt)