Some things, the saying goes, are too good to check. Take the peer-reviewed paper "Environmental knowledge is inversely associated with climate change anxiety" by Hannes Zacher and Cort W. Rudolph…

This post is, as they say, in the weeds. But it's necessary for those who want to know how The Science is produced. I saw a tweet, the veracity of…

A curious, if not bizarre, peer-reviewed paper has emerged, which said things like this: "The quantitative synthesis results suggested that sexual minority families may perform better in children’s psychological adjustment…

Scientists have to be stopped before they kill us all trying to "save the planet." The planet does not need saving. It is in no danger. We are in danger.…

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science used to be a prestigious journal. And still is. Getting a paper in PNAS is a mark of approval from the scientific…

Reading daily doses of WMBriggs.com linked to increases in manliness. Forwarding posts from WMBriggs.com associated with general all-around magnificence. Supporting or donating to WMBriggs.com increases world benevolence levels. Now these…

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…