October 17, 2024 – William M. Briggs

NSF to Science: DIE! Science to NSF: Bye!

A committee of the US Senate scanned all the grants doled out by the National Science Foundation over about three years, and discovered (with my emphasis) "3,483 grants, more than…

Stephen W. Shipman on Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?June 4, 2026
One long, one short (or longer as the spirit moves you from time to time). Guess drop ins are a…
John Pate on Why There Are (Probably) No UFOs: “Climate Change”June 4, 2026
There are either no space aliens or they're here and running things for their own purposes. Either way there's nothing…
John Pate on No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke CodersJune 4, 2026
The Pope is still flogging the Climate Change dead horse, which of course relies on models for its supposed veracity.…
Patrick on No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke CodersJune 3, 2026
This is the sort of nonsense scare mongering that goes in, depressing.. https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360987487/what-your-p-doom-terrifying-metric-used-ai-experts
C-Marie on No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke CodersJune 3, 2026
Thank you, Matt! Poor, poor Pope Leo XIV and the synodal business .... praying every day for Leo, for full…