Skip to content
Do Your Homework for Class
BLOG EMAILS ARE NOT BEING SENT: Checking into it
William M. Briggs

Statistician to the Stars!

  • Home
  • Books
  • About
  • Classic Posts
  • FREE CLASS
  • Home
  • Books
  • About
  • Classic Posts
  • FREE CLASS
  • Home
  • Search results for: model
  • Page 3
Google Knew Exactly What They Were Doing: Models Only Do What They Are Told
Posted inCulture

Google Knew Exactly What They Were Doing: Models Only Do What They Are Told

So Google tried to get away with its "AI" named Gemini, which is to say its hard-coded dumb (in the medical sense) model named Gemini, substituting blacks and the occasional…
Read More
Mask Forever, Says Experts’ Model, It Saves Lives!
Posted inStatistics

Mask Forever, Says Experts’ Model, It Saves Lives!

Here's a question for you, brought to you by propagandists: "Could permanent masks in public become Vic policy?" And here's the headline: "Could wearing masks in public be the answer…
Read More
“Why Didn’t Use You The [fill in the blank] Model On That NZ Data, Briggs?”
Posted inStatistics

“Why Didn’t Use You The [fill in the blank] Model On That NZ Data, Briggs?”

"Hey, Briggs. I saw your take on the leaked New Zealand vaccine data. Interesting. But why didn't you use [Insert My Favorite Statistics Model Here]?" [Blog, Substack mirror.] I'll tell…
Read More
There Is No Difference Between A Proposal, Hypothesis, Model, Theory or Law
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics

There Is No Difference Between A Proposal, Hypothesis, Model, Theory or Law

Ready for some Logic 101? Something real easy, I promise. We'll use it in service to show why falsificationism is not that interesting, or useful, and we'll need it in…
Read More
Reader Experiences With Bad Medical & Finance Models
Posted inStatistics

Reader Experiences With Bad Medical & Finance Models

Anons emails about experience with bad modeling. These read very like posts you see here daily. Lightly edited to remove personal information, with links by me. The post about the…
Read More
Coronadoom Misinformation Model Says What It Was Told To Say
Posted inStatistics

Coronadoom Misinformation Model Says What It Was Told To Say

Repeat after me (yes, this includes all you regulars, too): All models only say what they are told to say. Thank you. Now let's see this headline: "COVID-19 misinformation cost…
Read More
Proof That Scientists Are Model Blind Discovered In Claim One Billion Will Die From “Climate Change”
Posted inStatistics

Proof That Scientists Are Model Blind Discovered In Claim One Billion Will Die From “Climate Change”

I stupidly sent out two posts today. Those who received the second won't get it again tomorrow. Apologies. Headline: "Scientists Warn 1 Billion People on Track to Die From Climate…
Read More
How An AI-Machine Learning-Physics-Sociological-Whatever Model Can Be Good For One Man & Bad For Another
Posted inStatistics

How An AI-Machine Learning-Physics-Sociological-Whatever Model Can Be Good For One Man & Bad For Another

A model---which I do not distinguish between a theory---can be useful to one man and useless to the next. "But Briggs, people don't treat theories the same as models." Right:…
Read More

Posts pagination

Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 … 126 Next page
Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,350 other subscribers
Tweets
My Tweets
  1. C.Saltimor on Reader Opinion Requested: What Science Do You Find Sketchy, Exaggerated Or Wrong?July 22, 2025

    - Fomenko's claim that (ao) ancient astronomical publications and unexplainable parallels in history accounts show that our chronology upto AD…

  2. Dan MacDougald on Peer-Reviewed Research: Men Find Looking At Nearly Naked Women DistractingJuly 22, 2025

    Reminds me of the study that found college women were more likely to have hook up sex after drinking alcohol

  3. Peer-Reviewed Research: Men Find Looking At Nearly Naked Women Distracting – William M. Briggs on Peer-reviewed research: Men find looking at nearly naked women distractingJuly 22, 2025

    […] This classic column originally ran on 12 June 2008. […]

  4. Media Lament State Dept Cuts, Ignore Job Wreckage From Past Democratic Admins on The Myth Of Killer Mercury: Guest Post By Willie Soon & Paul DriessenJuly 21, 2025

    […] generating plants with equal zeal, using questionable-to-bogus claims about climate change, mercury, and fine particulates to justify its actions. One…

  5. Layoffs at – Versus Because of – Federal Agencies - The Post & Email on The Myth Of Killer Mercury: Guest Post By Willie Soon & Paul DriessenJuly 20, 2025

    […] generating plants with equal zeal, using questionable to bogus claims about climate change, mercury and fine particulates to justify…

Categories
  • Book review
  • Class
  • Culture
  • Fun
  • Philosophy
  • Podcast
  • SAMT
  • Statistics
Archives
Meta
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
  • RSS - Posts
  • RSS - Comments
July 2025
M T W T F S S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  
« Jun    
Copyright 2025 — William M. Briggs. All rights reserved. Bloglo WordPress Theme
Scroll to Top