William Briggs
I am a wholly independent writer, statistician, scientist and consultant. Previously a Professor at the Cornell Medical School, a Statistician at DoubleClick in its infancy, a Meteorologist with the National Weather Service, and an Electronic Cryptologist with the US Air Force (the only title I ever cared for was Staff Sergeant Briggs).
My PhD is in Mathematical Statistics: I am now an Uncertainty Philosopher, Epistemologist, Probability Puzzler, and Unmasker of Over-Certainty. My MS is in Atmospheric Physics, and Bachelors is in Meteorology & Math.
Author of Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics, a book which calls for a complete and fundamental change in the philosophy and practice of probability & statistics; author of two other books and dozens of works in fields of statistics, medicine, philosophy, meteorology and climatology, solar physics, and energy use appearing in both professional and popular outlets. Full CV (pdf updated rarely).
William Briggs builds upon Greg Glassman's Castro Ranch talk introducing The Broken Science Initiative. Briggs emphasizes that his critique is not aimed at all types of science, but rather at the growing prevalence of broken and bad science. Briggs highlights two especially impactful examples of broken science, namely the COVID "panic" and climate change. Using these examples, Briggs demonstrates how reliance on flawed models and blind trust in "the science" has lead to severe political and social ramifications for everyone.
William Briggs builds upon Greg Glassman's Castro Ranch talk introducing The Broken Science Initiative. Briggs emphasizes that his critique is not aimed at all types of science, but rather at the growing prevalence of broken and bad science. Briggs highlights two especially impactful examples of broken science, namely the COVID "panic" and climate change. Using these examples, Briggs demonstrates how reliance on flawed models and blind trust in "the science" has lead to severe political and social ramifications for everyone.
William Briggs expands on Greg Glassman's discussion about broken science by providing examples of scientific misconduct.
William Briggs' presentation from the BSI event in Phoenix, February 2023.
