December 9, 2024 – William M. Briggs

Class 31: How Views Diverge With New Evidence

Is Trump a Russian Asset? (This question accounts for the change in banner image this week.) What happens to belief when people learn new evidence about this curious proposition? Theory…

Heresolong on I Finally Read James Lindsay’s Manifesto (Yes, He Has A Manifesto)December 10, 2025
Never heard of the guy so don't really care what he thinks or writes. That being said, I had a…
doclove on I Finally Read James Lindsay’s Manifesto (Yes, He Has A Manifesto)December 10, 2025
Does James Lindsay have something against traditionalism in general, religion in general and particularly the Christian religion? I do not…
Cary D Cotterman on I Finally Read James Lindsay’s Manifesto (Yes, He Has A Manifesto)December 9, 2025
Lindsay seems to have a grudge against common sense and those who have it.
John Pate on The Biggest Mistake In Science Applied To Universe As SimulationDecember 8, 2025
…another way of putting it, more succinctly: consciousness does not have the halting problem.
John Pate on The Biggest Mistake In Science Applied To Universe As SimulationDecember 8, 2025
The most straightforward indicator that computers don't have minds is that computers don't exist in the eternal now. They have…