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Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Utopia, Rationalia

Who's up for Utopia? Neil deGrasse Tyson, that's who. He tweeted, "Earth needs a virtual country: #Rationalia, with a one-line Constitution: All policy should be based on the weight of…

Statistics

Just What Is Signal And What Is Noise?

There are two senses of Signal and Noise (SN). The first is obvious: a signal, some known phenomenon, is corrupted by outside forces, where these caused corruptions are the noise.…

Philosophy Statistics

The New Religion Of Dataism (Another Version Of Man-As-God)

Dataism is the word coined by Yuval Noah Harari in his essay for an optimistic, practical implementation of Scientism. Just as divine authority was legitimised by religious mythologies, and human…

Fun

New & Improved Way To Support Your Favorite Blog!

Uncontrolled gleeful trembling is the most common symptom upon learning the Big News that there is a New & Improved! way to support the blog! You know this method must…

Statistics

Prince Metternich Predicts Our Future From 1834 & Nails It

I saw a link to an interesting looking article entitled "Conversations With Prince Metternich" from our friend Nick B. Steves, clicked it and jumped right in. IT was in the…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God Acts Through His Wisdom

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. Another small…

Culture

Can A Scientist Believe In Miracles? — Guest Post by Bob Kurland

Visit Kurland's site for more. "Miracles always relate to the faith. That is why a belief in miracles is not a vacation from reason, a little holiday from the tedious…

Culture Fun Statistics

Second Annual WMBriggs.com Bad Science Award!

Announcement In the proud and rarely abused tradition of Honoring Important People, we present the Second Annual WMBriggs.com Bad Science Award! Please help us pass on the news of this…

C-Marie on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 6, 2025
Right on, Brian (bulaoren)!! It has never been the same without Rush!! God bless, C-Marie
PK on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 6, 2025
Radio has been my passion since I was a kid. Around age 11, I had an AM/FM/Shortwave radio at my…
KGB on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 5, 2025
Cole's article, while reading like the diary of a jilted 7th grade girl, is the very embodiment of crying out…
Briggs on Test Your IQ With These Puzzles! (Not So Easy!)July 4, 2025
John W, Garrett, You are welcome.
Richard S. on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 4, 2025
I'm sorry but must correct the record. I have been a radio fan since the early 1960s -- AM, FM,…