{"id":253646,"date":"2023-04-19T11:40:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T09:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=253646"},"modified":"2023-04-19T11:40:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T09:40:36","slug":"william-briggs-academy-for-science-and-freedom-hillsdale-college-april-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=253646","title":{"rendered":"William Briggs | Academy for Science and Freedom, Hillsdale College &#8211; April 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"253650\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=253650\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-19-113929.png?fit=896%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"896,504\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2023-04-19-113929\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-19-113929.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-19-113929.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-19-113929.png?w=896&amp;ssl=1 896w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-19-113929.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-19-113929.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thebrokenscienceinitiative\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/mrkNNWuQv9dqttPtDazrI1a9AsbSH9mmQB9fHoD97e_H7HWa7gUsOVOoFzTv1l8vRE4sdgS-xA=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\">The Broken Science Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Academy for Science and Freedom presents: The Broken Science Initiative with guest, William Briggs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William Briggs is a writer, statistician, scientist, and consultant. Previously, he worked as 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 U.S. Air Force. Briggs is a collaborator on The Broken Science Initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JLFDjRS_928?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academy for Science and Freedom presents: The Broken Science Initiative with 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