March 2024 – Page 2 – William M. Briggs

Yes, They Are Still Coming For Our Gas Stoves

Scientists chase after fads as much, and maybe even more, than anybody else. We have seen this numberless times, "climate change" and covid being the two most prominent examples. Every…

Fun

Science: Climate Changes Causes Only Bad Things, And No Good Things

So I saw this headline, "The International Eczema Council investigate how climate change may impact eczema". And I remembered I owed readers an investigation into all the bad things, and…

Culture

Why This Weird Fetish Over Blacks?

Britain announced that the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square will be graced with this sculpture: It is, according to one story, a "bronze and blue homage to a metropolitan woman…

Philosophy

Does Quantum Mechanics Speak To Theology? — Guest Post by Bob Kurland

“I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.” Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize winner for his research on quantum electrodynamics INTRODUCTION Seventy years ago when I first heard…

Statistics

AI Needs To Feed On Fresh Meat, Or It Dies

In Asimov's original Foundation, a novel set amidst a fading and decaying Empire, one saturated in hubris and self-esteem, we meet Lord Dorwin, a celebrated scholar from the Galactic Empire,…

Statistics

Broken Science Epistemological Camp Report

There was another Broken Science event this past weekend in the Phoenix area. Yours Truly was there. I gather the videos will be on line at some point, at the…

Culture

Only A Bare Majority Of Scientists Believe In Sexual Reproduction

So the Brit paper The Telegraph had the idea of polling 200 scientists at British universities and asking whether or not they were science deniers. Sit down, dear reader. I…

Philosophy Statistics

Why Attempts To Control Opinion Cause Opinion To Diverge

From Mars, John Carter reports in a wonderful essay discussing the Regime's attempts at manipulation says this: People don’t like being gaslit. The psychological techniques used by salesmen, con men,…

Rudolph Harrier on Science Claims 7% Of Adults Saw A Mass ShootingJune 3, 2025
Tars Tarkas, you haven't gotten the new firmware update. Pew Research now defines the generations as: Gen X - 1965-1980…
NLR on Expert Nathan Confas: Experts Know BestJune 3, 2025
People are willing to take advice from someone with greater knowledge or understanding, provided that the experts is trustworthy and…
Phil R on Expert Nathan Confas: Experts Know BestJune 3, 2025
Not sure if relevant, but short personal anecdote. My wife used to work for a pest control company. one time…
JH on Expert Nathan Confas: Experts Know BestJune 3, 2025
Of course, experts are only considered experts when they say what you want to hear.
JH on Science Claims 7% Of Adults Saw A Mass ShootingJune 3, 2025
If you believe it is incorrect to conclude that a person with a higher IQ score tends to possess greater…