November 21, 2024 – William M. Briggs

The Impossibilities Of Quantum Computing

Since we'll soon be discussing cause in the Class, and nowhere is cause as difficult as it is in quantum mechanics, and because somebody recently reminded me of Scott Locklin's…

Cary D Cotterman on The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David StoveJune 25, 2026
Interesting, but he could have said everything he had to say in half as many words.
Brian (bulaoren) on The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David StoveJune 25, 2026
Whatever women's intellectual deficiency, they make up for it with raw animal cunning.
Dan MacDougald on The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David StoveJune 25, 2026
Paul Johnson, the great British Historian, in his "History of the American People," the US started down the road to…
Marbles! – William M. Briggs on Marbles!June 24, 2026
[…] I am on the road and am way behind on posts—I have a 3,500 word article on deriving Oughts…
Brian (bulaoren) on Marbles!June 24, 2026
For the past 48 hours, I've been considering a fundamental, structural, problem with marbles; " Marmorism". Some people will accumulate…