January 8, 2025 – William M. Briggs

Experts: Please Begin Panicking Over Bird Flu. Us: No. Experts: (Sob)

There is a well hammered cliche which nails the problem about which an Expert knows only his narrow level of expertise too well, but we avoid all cliches with the…

Cary Cotterman on Miracle Or Coincidence? What Are The Chances?May 7, 2025
Blair: "...lightning came inside and chased her to a back bedroom." Anyone who can outrun lightning, even if it's only…
McChuck on Miracle Or Coincidence? What Are The Chances?May 7, 2025
I knew a fellow win the Army who had been struck by lightning three times. Whenever he heard thunder, he…
Johnno on AI Cannot Hallucinate Nor LieMay 6, 2025
Like Uncle Mike, I propose rethinking of our naming schemes like Artificial Dementia instead of Artificial Intelligence, and instead of…
Johnno on Class 48: What Is A Model?May 6, 2025
What is a model? A miserable pile of secret assumptions.
Gene Smallpene on Reproducibility Crises Will Be Forever With Us Until We Abandon Classical StatisticsMay 6, 2025
So all those times women said I had a small p they were complimenting me as very scientific.