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How To Claim Your Specialty Suffers From “Climate Change”
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How To Claim Your Specialty Suffers From “Climate Change”

I've told you innumerable times that scientists are good at finding evidence which supports their fancies, and just as lousy, or lousier because of their egos, than others when finding…
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There Are No Such Things As 100-Year Floods: Global Warming Isn’t Making Floods Worse
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There Are No Such Things As 100-Year Floods: Global Warming Isn’t Making Floods Worse

Reader Chuck Lampert writes: Hi Briggs! I got into a kerfluffle with some Climate Apocalypse true believers who said the frequency of 1/50, 1/100, 1/500, and 1/1000 yr floods is…
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My Origin Story – And More! In Which I’m Interviewed
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My Origin Story – And More! In Which I’m Interviewed

BLOG EMAILS MIGHT NOT BE GOING OUT CONSISTENTLY. IF YOU GOT AN EMAIL, PLEASE DROP A COMMENT IF YOU HAVE TIME. THANKS. I was asked a terrific set of questions…
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Yellen, Bankers Yellin’ ‘Bout $150 TRILLION To “Fix” Global Warming
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Yellen, Bankers Yellin’ ‘Bout $150 TRILLION To “Fix” Global Warming

After our government let us down with 9/11, some Congresscreature's lobbyist had the bright idea that became the Patriot Act. Named, as all things must be these days, for the…
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Science Says Global Warming To Cause More Heart Attacks At Night, But Only For Crazy Men 60-64.
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Science Says Global Warming To Cause More Heart Attacks At Night, But Only For Crazy Men 60-64.

With the waning of the coronadoom panic, and our elites unable to juice sufficient consternation over Russia, they will have to turn to other objects to monger their fear. Global…
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How The Money & Power Grab Of Global Warming (& Other Crises) Works
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How The Money & Power Grab Of Global Warming (& Other Crises) Works

COP26 is upon, beginning this Sunday. The key metric for us is 26. The UN Climate Change Conference number 26. The first Conference of the Parties, or COP1, was in…
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Media Blames Heatwave On Global Warming: I Say Nope
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Media Blames Heatwave On Global Warming: I Say Nope

Okay, hold the emails. I changed the title to "global warming." I used "global cooling" originally only because it irritates to a great extent the ignorant who are always chanting…
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Bayesian Yacht Sinks; Connected Man Run Over By Car: A Working Coincidence
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Bayesian Yacht Sinks; Connected Man Run Over By Car: A Working Coincidence

So a 184-foot yacht named Bayesian sank while anchored in a freak windstorm off Sicily. Its billionaire owner now sleeps with the fishes. The name of the boat naturally brings…
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  1. Briggs on Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In ModelsMay 9, 2025

    JH, My IQ is simplicity itself to estimate. I have no IQ. Pick up any stats books and look under…

  2. JH on Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In ModelsMay 9, 2025

    Is there evidence that people believe probabilities, parameters, or mathematical objects exist physically in nature? The fact that mathematicians use…

  3. JH on Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In ModelsMay 9, 2025

    Relevance is made more difficult when Y is allowed to vary, but the underlying idea is the same. Probability offers…

  4. Tim on Class 49: Relevance & Importance Of Evidence In ModelsMay 8, 2025

    What are you playing at, Briggs? Some high-falutin' model equation junk that'll get twisted by politicians in the end anyway?…

  5. Milton Hathaway on AI Cannot Hallucinate Nor LieMay 8, 2025

    I have been making heavy use of the more well-known LLMs lately. I use them almost exclusively as "regurgitation engines",…

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