Last week I was interviewed by Pat Coffin on his show about Everything You Believe Is Wrong.
Best part: very little mention of coronadoom. We are all sick sick sick of it.
Coffin's description:
On Twitter, mathematics PhD (Cornell) Dr. Briggs is @famedcelebrity, and his website subtitle is “Statistician to the Stars!”---both digs at our culture’s silly celeb worship. He co-authored an important book about the Covid scam titled The Price of Panic, and has a new one out, that does many things well, including explaining the difference between conservative and based; and scores of examples of fallacies and how to spot them.
A very enjoyable exchange with a natural raconteur, practicing Catholic, and man of hard science and logic.
In this episode, you will learn
The basic (and more profound than you think) difference between actually based and merely conservative.
The true definition of based (and debased)What a fallacy is.
The true definition of based (and debased)
What a fallacy is
The top fallacies used online in debates, and by politicians every day.
Why everyone inescapably imposes his viewpoint on others
Why there are no “gay people” and no “transgendered people”
Why offending some people is necessary for communication success.
Resources mentioned in this episode
Everything You Believe Is Wrong by William M. Briggs
The (entertaining and enlightening) Briggs blog
The Price of Panic: How the Tyranny of Experts Turned a Pandemic into a Catastrophe, by William Briggs, Douglas Axe, and Jay Richards
How to Spot Fallacies