Statistics – Page 186 – William M. Briggs

Rhode Island Mandates HPV Vaccine, Tells Parents, “We’re The Government And Can Do What We Like”

I'm not sure what it is with lawmakers. Are they only interested in increasing control over citizens' lives? Or is it that in combination with ignorance? Let the Boston Globe…

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Stream: Global Warming Update: Obama Seeks to Still the Glaciers of Alaska

Today's post is at The Stream: "Global Warming Update: Obama Seeks to Still the Glaciers of Alaska." Have you heard the story of King Canute? Lord and Master of the…

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Frequenstism Is Entirely Ad Hoc; And So Are Priors. Use The Third Way Instead

https://twitter.com/learnfromerror/status/638841417461276672 Short note today, because today, and most days for the next couple of weeks, are book days. I am nearly finished with the damned thing. I'm now handling drudgery…

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Rare Win For Forces Of Sanity: Or, PM2.5 Isn’t As Scary As We’ve Been Told

Quick note to a news story in which I have an interest. WORLD LOGISTICS CENTER: Moreno Valley OKs megawarehouse on 3-2 vote After three years of controversy that has divided…

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Minds Have Become So Rotted By Global Warming They Listen To Naomi Klein

Two weeks Northern Michigan vacation and I still can't escape. Anti-capitalist activist, Vatican invitee, non-scientist, and authoress of extremist political tracts Naomi Klein said global warming will make Australia "meaner".…

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Trenberth Is Wrong About Global Warming: The PDO Is An Effect, Not A Cause

Kevin "Travesty" Trenberth had a peer-reviewed article in Science entitled, "Has there been a hiatus? Internal climate variability masks climate-warming trends." First, the word "hiatus" is wrong. Using it assumes…

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Is Young Fatherhood Causally Related To Midlife Mortality? Wee P-values Say Yes!

The title of today's post is culled from the peer-reviewed paper "Is young fatherhood causally related to midlife mortality? A sibling fixed-effect study in Finland" by Elina Einiö and two…

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Briggs Is Available To Speak. Update

You've seen the videos...You've read the papers...You know the blog...Now hire the man! For a limited time only---All men are mortal, Briggs is a man, etc.---W. M. Briggs is available…

APC Carrier on Fertility Fears Overblown: Tiny Shift in Childless Rate Saves The SpeciesAugust 29, 2026
Mankind will never go extinct. We know that indirectly from Scripture. Jesus said "when the Son of Man comes back,…
John Pate on Fertility Fears Overblown: Tiny Shift in Childless Rate Saves The SpeciesAugust 28, 2026
Another thing to model: the age at which the mother gives birth to the children. Mothers who give birth in…
Dennis Larkin on Fertility Fears Overblown: Tiny Shift in Childless Rate Saves The SpeciesAugust 27, 2026
Medieval Cathars avoided sexual carnality. They fought militarily against the kings for a time, going down to defeat, while their…
JRob on Fertility Fears Overblown: Tiny Shift in Childless Rate Saves The SpeciesAugust 27, 2026
re: Shawn Marshall Just yesterday my email folder contained a conservative political call to oppose the upcoming abortion amendment to…
C-Marie on Fertility Fears Overblown: Tiny Shift in Childless Rate Saves The SpeciesAugust 27, 2026
Have they rallied around the mother who killed her three children because she killed her three children, , or have…