August 2016 – Page 4 – William M. Briggs

Summary Against Modern Thought: Intellectual Creatures & The Universe’s Perfection

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. Why are…

Philosophy

The Dangers Of Sam Harris’s Anti-Free Will View

Received this email from Justin. I've edited it only to correct the typos my enemies placed in my Inbox. Hi William, I am contacting you because you have a different…

Book review Statistics

Preface to Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics

The book is now at a 15% discount at Amazon (I apologize for the price). Buy today. And buy again tomorrow! This will be linked permanently on the book's official…

Culture

Islam Asleep, Islam Awake — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Editor's note: Watt's previous essay generated quite a bit of controversy. Watt answers those criticisms here. As is clear, Erdogan has at least made the best of the coup. Well,…

Culture

“I Believe In Science” — Which Is Not Believing In Much

Today's post is at The Stream: Hillary Believes in Science -- Which Isn't Saying Much. You just knew it was going to be a good night. Hillary shined on that…

Culture

Pope: If I Speak Of Islamic Violence, I Must Speak Of Catholic Violence

The holy Koran says (sura 2 at 191) "And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution is…

Briggs on Is Powerball A “Fair Game”?December 20, 2025
Dixon, Say. I have a marvelous idea. Can you guess what is it?
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Briggs was such a power house 20 -25 years ago and it is disappointing to see his present day email…
hudbwu on On The Form Of Species: ‘Dance To The Tune Of Life’ by Denis Noble ReviewedDecember 17, 2025
Funny, many decades ago I wondered why do males exist. As in, why waste 50% of a species' total biomass…
hudbwu on How To Tell How Much Of “IQ” Is Inherited & How Much Is EnvironmentDecember 17, 2025
Okay, so the data tells us that if one twin is stupid... er, I mean, if one twin scores low…
Briggs on On The Form Of Species: ‘Dance To The Tune Of Life’ by Denis Noble ReviewedDecember 17, 2025
Rhetocrates, Quite right.