Culture – Page 228 – William M. Briggs

Too Many Kids Go To College: A Fourth Conversation With Myself

Links to the first, second, and third conversation with myself about teaching. William Glum again, eh? What happened this time? Matt In my Algebra Sans Algebra class, I asked a…

Book review Culture

Plagues of the Mind by Bruce S. Thornton

Plagues of the Mind: The New Epidemic of False Knowledge by Bruce S. Thornton This book was provided to me by a generous donation from an anonymous reader. Here's what…

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Kindle 3rd Generation Review: Dislikes

This continues the review of the 3rd generation Kindle. Today, the dislikes. Read the likes here. Dislikes Having to buy a cover is silly, and a too-obvious attempt at nickel…

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Kindle 3rd Generation Review: Likes

Thanks to the generosity of M. Anonymous, I have a Kindle 3rd generation. M. Anonymous donated the Kindle, and wondered in an email whether I would be a crusty old…

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Top 10 Women’s Fashion Rules

As requested by Victoria, and several other non-male readers, here is the companion article to Top 10 Men's Fashion Rules. If you are, like most readers here, male, forward this…

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A Depressing Day, With Some Hope

The election is over and, in large measure, the populace once more voted to continue voting itself funds taken from "other" people. Oh, sure, in some areas like Florida, the…

Culture Statistics

How Much Math Do We Really Need?

That title was lifted from a Washington Post essay by G.V. Ramanathan, a professor emeritus of mathematics, statistics and computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. For my…

Culture Statistics

Statistics Exam #2

Here as promised, word for word1, is the second exam I gave my introductory statistics students. A prerequisite for the class was at least "Pre calculus". I emphasize---in italics!---that I…

Colbert on Why I Don’t Want To Be Made To Support IsraelApril 18, 2024
Religiously, morally, historically, there's no argues for Israel. Especially religiously. Actual judaism is just a rabbinic scam, created 19th centuries…
Cary D Cotterman on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
How to think begins simply with thinking, instead of just hearing and obeying. Every time we think for ourselves, our…
Hagfish Bagpipe on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
That was a fun discussion. Never heard of Thorin, loved his scottish brogue. He has a good mind that makes…
Milton Hathaway on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
"the mere presence of an alternate explanation is useless" This brought to mind the latest reincarnation of the UFO (UAP?)…
Nate on Briggs You Tool! UFOs Are Real & Driven By Top Secret American Pilots, Insists ReaderApril 18, 2024
Damn this is from June. You just reposted on Twitter and here i am thinking it's today's post.