{"id":4663,"date":"2017-08-25T15:28:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T23:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4663"},"modified":"2017-08-25T15:28:54","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T23:28:54","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/08\/25\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-115","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 115"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. The Most Short\u00adsight\u00aded Attack on Free Speech in Mod\u00adern U.S. His\u00adto\u00adry<\/a> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, The Atlantic): \u201cUnder a legal regime where hate speech was not<\/i> con\u00adsid\u00adered free speech, Trump and Ses\u00adsions could like\u00adly pun\u00adish words used by mem\u00adbers of Antifa and<\/i> Black Lives Mat\u00adter. Do you think he\u2019d police their speech more or less vig\u00ador\u00adous\u00adly than white suprema\u00adcists?\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. Everyone\u2019s Sus\u00adpi\u00adcious of Athe\u00adists \u2014 Even Oth\u00ader Athe\u00adists<\/a> (Thomas MacMil\u00adlan, NY Mag): \u201cAccord\u00ading to a new study pub\u00adlished last week in Nature<\/i>, peo\u00adple all over the world con\u00adnect immoral\u00adi\u00adty with athe\u00adism. In fact, the moral prej\u00adu\u00addice against athe\u00adists is so strong that it holds even in coun\u00adtries like the Nether\u00adlands, where most peo\u00adple aren\u2019t reli\u00adgious. Even athe\u00adists them\u00adselves, accord\u00ading to the study, are inclined to see non\u00adbe\u00adliev\u00aders as more wicked than the faith\u00adful.\u201d The Nature <\/i>paper is Glob\u00adal evi\u00addence of extreme intu\u00aditive moral prej\u00adu\u00addice against athe\u00adists<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. I Won\u2019t Make Jesus Bow Down to Xi Jin\u00adping<\/a> (Derek Lam, New York Times): \u201cOf Hong Kong\u2019s six major reli\u00adgions, five are already firm\u00adly under the con\u00adtrol of the Chi\u00adnese Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty. Judg\u00ading by recent events, the par\u00adty is very close to com\u00adplet\u00ading its mis\u00adsion of bring\u00ading Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty under its thumb.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. The Dri\u00adve For Per\u00adfect Chil\u00addren Gets A Lit\u00adtle Scary<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg View): \u201cIf you could direct\u00adly alter your kids\u2019 genet\u00adic pro\u00adfile, what would you want? It\u2019s hard to know how the social debate would turn out after years of back and forth, but I was dis\u00admayed to read one recent research paper by psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgists Rachel M. Lath\u00adam and Sophie von Stumm. The descrip\u00adtive title of that work, based on sur\u00advey evi\u00addence, is \u2018Moth\u00aders want extra\u00adver\u00adsion over con\u00adsci\u00aden\u00adtious\u00adness or intel\u00adli\u00adgence for their chil\u00addren.\u2019 Upon reflec\u00adtion, maybe that isn\u2019t so sur\u00adpris\u00ading, because par\u00adents pre\u00adsum\u00adably want chil\u00addren who are fun to spend time with.\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. Math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal mys\u00adtery of ancient Baby\u00adlon\u00adian clay tablet solved<\/a> (Phys.org): \u201cPlimp\u00adton 322 pre\u00addates Hip\u00adparchus by more than 1000 years,\u201d says Dr Wild\u00adberg\u00ader. \u201cIt opens up new pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties not just for mod\u00adern math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adics research, but also for math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adics edu\u00adca\u00adtion. With Plimp\u00adton 322 we see a sim\u00adpler, more accu\u00adrate trigonom\u00ade\u00adtry that has clear advan\u00adtages over our own.\u201d The aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic paper is Plimp\u00adton 322 is Baby\u00adlon\u00adian exact sex\u00ada\u00adges\u00adi\u00admal trigonom\u00ade\u00adtry<\/a> (His\u00adto\u00adria Math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adca). Anoth\u00ader reminder that our ances\u00adtors were pret\u00adty clever.<\/li>\n
  6. Robert E. Lee opposed Con\u00adfed\u00ader\u00adate mon\u00adu\u00adments<\/a> (Lisa Des\u00adjardins, PBS New\u00adsHour):  \u201cBut while he was alive, Lee stressed his belief that the coun\u00adtry should move past the war. He swore alle\u00adgiance to the Union and pub\u00adlicly decried south\u00adern sep\u00ada\u00adratism, whether mil\u00adi\u00adtant or sym\u00adbol\u00adic.\u201d<\/li>\n
  7. This Is How Sex\u00adism Works in Sil\u00adi\u00adcon Val\u00adley  My law\u00adsuit failed. Oth\u00aders won\u2019t. <\/a>(Ellan Pao, The Cut): \u201cBefore suing, I\u2019d con\u00adsult\u00aded oth\u00ader women who had sued big, pow\u00ader\u00adful com\u00adpa\u00adnies over harass\u00adment and dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, and they all gave me pret\u00adty much the same advice: \u2018Don\u2019t do it.\u2019 One woman told me, \u2018It\u2019s a com\u00adplete mis\u00admatch of resources. They don\u2019t fight fair. Even if you win, it will destroy your rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n
  8. James Kennedy Min\u00adistries Sues SPLC over Hate Map<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnut, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): see also Politico\u2019s June arti\u00adcle Has a Civ\u00adil Rights Stal\u00adwart Lost Its Way?<\/a> (short answer: yes, yes it has)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n