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Updates: What’s Happening With Briggs? With the On-line Course? Etc.?

Homefront Things progress on the Briggs ranch---a patch of 900 square feet in the wilds of Upper Eastern Manhattan. They may shortly be progressing away from the island towards...where, nobody…

Culture

Resolved: Women In Combat Results In A Suboptimal Military: Update

Every woman soldier I've seen on TV and in the movies is just as tough as---wait, strike that---is tougher than any man. There always comes the scene where some muscle-bound…

Philosophy Statistics

Statistics Is Not Math: Update To Allow New Comments

Update Hello newcomers. Posts usually close for comments after two weeks. But since this one is getting so many views, I moved it up to re-open comments. "Here is a…

Statistics

Does Barack Obama Have A Mandate? A Look At The Numbers

How important was Barack Obama's victory? By what measure can he be said to have secured a "mandate"? How does his election compares to others? And how do voters in…

Statistics

Use And Abuses Of Decision Analysis: Global Warming Example

Suppose we have a simple decision to make1: implement a government-takeover of all energy companies, so as to regulate with thoroughness their carbon budgets, or leave these entities as they…

Statistics

A Citizen’s Guide to Global Warming Evidence

Was it only me? I thought Chicken Little dead. After all, when was the last time we heard competent authority shouting "Only the government can stop the sky from falling!"?…

Philosophy Statistics

A Statistician’s Lament

Regular readers (those wanting to catch up, click here) will know that the world is far too sure of itself, especially in areas which touch on human behavior, and most…

Culture Statistics

Changing Attitudes On Suicide And Euthanasia

We had such fun with abortion attitudes, today this: From the General Social Survey, a picture of the support for suicide and euthanasia by reason from 1977 until 20061. GSS…

Cary D Cotterman on Complete List Of All Moral & Ethical Questions Answered By ScienceDecember 24, 2025
A quarter-inch-drive ratchet with a set of sockets doesn't answer any moral and ethical questions, but it's damned useful. Merry…
Uncle Mike on Complete List Of All Moral & Ethical Questions Answered By ScienceDecember 24, 2025
Christmas is another question Science has no explanation for. Joy and peace to you and yours.
Faith on Complete List Of All Moral & Ethical Questions Answered By ScienceDecember 24, 2025
Briggs, you're the best! Merry Christmas!
Complete List Of All Moral & Ethical Questions Answered By Science – William M. Briggs on Complete List Of All Moral & Ethical Questions Answered By ScienceDecember 24, 2025
[…] older version of this post originally ran 12 November 2016. All scientific successes in morals and ethics since then…
Johnno on Why British & EU Rulers Are Juicing War With RussiaDecember 23, 2025
The NSW government’s Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 passed the NSW upper house early on Wednesday morning, 24…