{"id":6743,"date":"2021-10-29T13:18:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T21:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6743"},"modified":"2021-10-29T13:18:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T21:18:22","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-324","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/10\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-324","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 324"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"><\/a>     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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is vol\u00adume 324, which is 18<sup>2<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2021\/november\/church-empty-pews-are-american-public-health-crisis.html\">Emp\u00adty Pews Are an Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Pub\u00adlic Health Cri\u00adsis<\/a> (Tyler J. Van\u00adder\u00adWeele and Bren\u00addan Case, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cReli\u00adgious par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adtion strong\u00adly pro\u00admotes health and well\u00adness. This means that Amer\u00adi\u00adcans\u2019 grow\u00ading dis\u00adaf\u00adfec\u00adtion with orga\u00adnized reli\u00adgion isn\u2019t just bad news for church\u00ades; it also rep\u00adre\u00adsents a pub\u00adlic health cri\u00adsis, one that has been large\u00adly ignored but the effects of which are like\u00adly to increase in com\u00ading years.\u201d<ul><li> The authors are part of the Human Flour\u00adish\u00ading Pro\u00adgram at Har\u00advard. I have quot\u00aded Tyler Van\u00adder\u00adWeele\u2019s research sev\u00ader\u00adal times in the past.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Some per\u00adspec\u00adtives on the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan church:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/jd-vance-and-the-great-challenge?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MzAxNjM2MywiXyI6InphbFI4IiwiaWF0IjoxNjM1MTY2NzE5LCJleHAiOjE2MzUxNzAzMTksImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTc2NSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.cPd3EeIkjKrSUcCB3iNGmdjwMJHJyFaKa6xVQ_HXclM\">J.D. Vance and the Great Chal\u00adlenge of Chris\u00adt\u00adian Mal\u00adice<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cThe real cri\u00adsis [in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chris\u00adt\u00adian polit\u00adi\u00adcal engage\u00adment] is instead a cri\u00adsis of the heart. Our ortho\u00addoxy is under\u00admined by our actions, and our actions spring forth from the deep\u00adest parts of our being. At a time of ris\u00ading antipa\u00adthy, a Chris\u00adt\u00adian polit\u00adi\u00adcal com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty should blaze forth with a radi\u00adant coun\u00adter\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal embrace of kind\u00adness and grace. Instead, all too many of us have for\u00adgot\u00adten a fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal truth. There are no \u2018right peo\u00adple\u2019 to hate.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/26\/opinion\/evangelical-republican.html\">Why \u2018Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u2019 Is Becom\u00ading Anoth\u00ader Word for \u2018Repub\u00adli\u00adcan\u2019<\/a> (Ryan Burge, New York Times): \u201cFor instance, in 2008, just 16 per\u00adcent of all self-iden\u00adti\u00adfied evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals report\u00aded their church atten\u00addance as nev\u00ader or sel\u00addom. But in 2020, that num\u00adber jumped to 27 per\u00adcent. In 2008, about a third of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals who nev\u00ader attend\u00aded church said they were polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive. By 2019, that had risen to about 50 per\u00adcent.\u2026 [also] more peo\u00adple are embrac\u00ading the label who have no attach\u00adment to Protes\u00adtant Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty. For exam\u00adple, the share of Catholics who also iden\u00adti\u00adfied as evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals (or born again) rose to 15 per\u00adcent in 2018 from 9 per\u00adcent in 2008. That same pat\u00adtern appears with Mus\u00adlims. In fact, there\u2019s evi\u00addence that the share of mem\u00adbers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat\u00adter-day Saints, Ortho\u00addox Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty and Hin\u00adduism who iden\u00adti\u00adfy as evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal is larg\u00ader today than it was just a decade ago.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2021\/10\/evangelical-trump-christians-politics\/620469\/\">The Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Church Is Break\u00ading Apart<\/a> (Peter Wehn\u00ader, The Atlantic): \u201cScott Dud\u00adley, the senior pas\u00adtor at Belle\u00advue Pres\u00adby\u00adter\u00adian Church in Belle\u00advue, Wash\u00ading\u00adton, refers to this as \u2018our idol\u00ada\u00adtry of pol\u00adi\u00adtics.\u2019 He\u2019s heard of many con\u00adgre\u00adgants leav\u00ading their church because it didn\u2019t match their pol\u00adi\u00adtics, he told me, but has nev\u00ader once heard of some\u00adone chang\u00ading their pol\u00adi\u00adtics because it didn\u2019t match their church\u2019s teach\u00ading. He often tells his con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtion that if the Bible doesn\u2019t chal\u00adlenge your pol\u00adi\u00adtics at least occa\u00adsion\u00adal\u00adly, you\u2019re not real\u00adly pay\u00ading atten\u00adtion to the Hebrew scrip\u00adtures or the New Tes\u00adta\u00adment.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crossway.org\/articles\/church-membership-is-not-a-one-way-street\/?utm_source=Crossway+Marketing&amp;utm_campaign=324bc539ab-20211025+-+General+-+Membership+One-Way+Street&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_0275bcaa4b-324bc539ab-292773917\">Church Mem\u00adber\u00adship Is Not a One-Way Street<\/a> (Alex Duke, Cross\u00adway): \u201cThink of your church as a light\u00adbulb hooked up to a dim\u00admer switch in a dark room. Every\u00adthing we do makes our wit\u00adness brighter or dark\u00ader. Prac\u00adtic\u00ading mean\u00ading\u00adful mem\u00adber\u00adship is one of the surest ways to turn that dim\u00admer switch up; ignor\u00ading it is one of the surest ways to turn it down. Mean\u00ading\u00adful mem\u00adber\u00adship is more impor\u00adtant than you think.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/samueldjames.substack.com\/p\/the-problem-with-dave-chappelle?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MzEwOTgzMywiXyI6IkZZWndCIiwiaWF0IjoxNjM1MjY1NDY2LCJleHAiOjE2MzUyNjkwNjYsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTE3MyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.KCAdTWbIEygdtJm5G-J13Q_Ln6NAfR1Qp_Iq2X_R-Bw\">The Prob\u00adlem With Dave Chap\u00adpelle<\/a> (Samuel D. James, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cChap\u00adpelle is not a hap\u00adless vic\u00adtim of a crush\u00ading ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal agen\u00adda; he\u2019s not Bar\u00adronelle Stutz\u00adman or James Eich. Chap\u00adpelle is, like many before and many after him, a Robe\u00adspierre of the very rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion that\u2019s after him now. His for\u00adtune was made inside the same pro\u00adgres\u00adsive sen\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty that threat\u00adens him, and it is pre\u00adcise\u00adly Chappelle\u2019s (and many oth\u00ader come\u00addi\u00adans) skill with which he dis\u00admissed any notion of the sacred that has tak\u00aden root in the peo\u00adple who are walk\u00ading out on his un-PC act.\u201d Real\u00adly sol\u00adid insights here.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/life\/parenting\/1005725\/the-parenting-problem-the-government-cant-fix?utm_source=links&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=twitter\">The par\u00adent\u00ading prob\u00adlem the gov\u00adern\u00adment can\u2019t fix<\/a> (Stephanie H. Mur\u00adray, The Week): \u201cThere is a cul\u00adtur\u00adal weight dan\u00adgling from the yoke of mod\u00adern Amer\u00adi\u00adcan par\u00adent\u00adhood \u2014 one that is prob\u00ada\u00adbly beyond the gov\u00adern\u00adment to alle\u00advi\u00adate.\u2026 Chil\u00addren are a per\u00adson\u00adal choice and there\u00adfore a per\u00adson\u00adal prob\u00adlem, many peo\u00adple seem to believe. Have as many as you want \u2014 just make sure they don\u2019t both\u00ader the rest of us. The prob\u00adlem is that this cre\u00addo is total\u00adly out of step with real\u00adi\u00adty.\u2026 par\u00adent\u00ading is an inher\u00adent\u00adly social occu\u00adpa\u00adtion. Try\u00ading to cram it into an indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adist frame\u00adwork, where the costs and con\u00adse\u00adquences of chil\u00addren fall on par\u00adents and no one else, dis\u00adtorts the whole endeav\u00ador.\u201d<ul><li>I have long thought that dis\u00adlik\u00ading chil\u00addren is pro\u00adfound\u00adly hyp\u00ado\u00adcrit\u00adi\u00adcal. You were once a child who craved affec\u00adtion and under\u00adstand\u00ading, how rude to reject chil\u00addren now that you have learned to nav\u00adi\u00adgate the world more effec\u00adtive\u00adly.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/delphi-ai-ethics-racist\">Sci\u00aden\u00adtists Built an AI to Give Eth\u00adi\u00adcal Advice, But It Turned Out Super Racist<\/a> (Tony Tran, Futur\u00adism): \u201cAnd as is often the case, part of the rea\u00adson Delphi\u2019s answers can get ques\u00adtion\u00adable can like\u00adly be linked back to how it was cre\u00adat\u00aded. The folks behind the project drew on some eye\u00adbrow-rais\u00ading sources to help train the AI, includ\u00ading the \u2018Am I the Ass\u00adhole?\u2019 sub\u00adred\u00addit, the \u2018Con\u00adfes\u00adsions\u2019 sub\u00adred\u00addit, and the \u2018Dear Abby\u2019 advice col\u00adumn, accord\u00ading to the paper the team behind Del\u00adphi pub\u00adlished about the exper\u00adi\u00adment. It should be not\u00aded, though, that just the&nbsp;<em>sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions <\/em>were culled from those sources \u2014 not the actu\u00adal replies and answers them\u00adselves.\u2026 the team behind Del\u00adphi used Amazon\u2019s crowd\u00adsourc\u00ading ser\u00advice Mechan\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adTurk to find respon\u00addents to actu\u00adal\u00adly train the AI.\u201d<\/li><li>About Israel and Jew\u00adish peo\u00adple:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/when-your-body-is-someone-elses-haunted?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MzA5NDg5NiwiXyI6IktZZDBvIiwiaWF0IjoxNjM1MjQ2NjQzLCJleHAiOjE2MzUyNTAyNDMsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNjAzNDciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.WcnFEvEQ8sUtQC89Apvx7uG3MmFKmULwg1H7l_PCU40\">When Your Body Is Some\u00adone Else\u2019s Haunt\u00aded House<\/a> (Dara Horn, Bari Weiss\u2019 Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThose girls were not stu\u00adpid, and prob\u00ada\u00adbly not even big\u00adot\u00aded. But in their entire\u00adly typ\u00adi\u00adcal and well-inten\u00adtioned edu\u00adca\u00adtion, they had learned about Jews main\u00adly because peo\u00adple had killed Jews. Like most peo\u00adple in the world, they had only encoun\u00adtered dead Jews: peo\u00adple whose sole attribute was that they had been mur\u00addered, and whose mur\u00adders served a clear pur\u00adpose, which was to teach us some\u00adthing. Jews were peo\u00adple who, for moral and edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal pur\u00adpos\u00ades, were sup\u00adposed to be dead.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/25\/world\/middleeast\/israel-jews-palestinians-journey.html\">Whose Promised Land? A Jour\u00adney Into a Divid\u00aded Israel<\/a> (Patrick Kings\u00adley &amp; Laeti\u00adtia Van\u00adcon, New York Times): \u201c\u2018I believe in the coun\u00adtry as long as it doesn\u2019t fight reli\u00adgion, as long as it doesn\u2019t fight me,\u2019 he said. In his view, the new gov\u00adern\u00adment has under\u00admined Israel\u2019s Jew\u00adish\u00adness, under\u00adcut\u00adting the state\u2019s legit\u00adi\u00adma\u00adcy. \u2018If it\u2019s not a Jew\u00adish state, then we have no right to exist here,\u2019 he said. \u2018Our right to exist here is based on the fact that God gave us the land.\u2019\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2021\/10\/israeli-palestinian-conflict-ferguson\/620471\/\">Pales\u00adtine Isn\u2019t Fer\u00adgu\u00adson<\/a> (Susie Lin\u00adfield, The Atlantic): \u201cAny use\u00adful analy\u00adsis of the Israeli-Pales\u00adtin\u00adian con\u00adflict requires engag\u00ading with an unre\u00adsolved, frus\u00adtrat\u00ading\u00adly com\u00adplex, griev\u00adous\u00adly resilient strug\u00adgle between two nation\u00adal move\u00adments, each with a jus\u00adti\u00adfied claim to the land. Once that effort is aban\u00addoned, a vac\u00adu\u00adum ensues. It is filled by the trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion of a coun\u00adtry into a metaphor; by the rewrit\u00ading (or ignor\u00ading) of his\u00adto\u00adry; by Manichean think\u00ading; and by the con\u00adver\u00adsion of lan\u00adguage into a means of per\u00adfor\u00admance rather than a descrip\u00adtion of real\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/scholars-stage.org\/learning-from-our-defeat-the-skill-of-the-vulcans\/\">Learn\u00ading From Our Defeat: The Skill of the Vul\u00adcans<\/a> (Tan\u00adner Greer, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201c\u2026both of these rel\u00ada\u00adtive non-enti\u00adties were pulled aside from their reg\u00adu\u00adlar posi\u00adtions and hand\u00aded an addi\u00adtion\u00adal respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty\u2014 coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtor of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan effort in Afghanistan.Read that again: they were both giv\u00aden the same job at the same time. Yet the prob\u00adlem was worse than just dupli\u00adca\u00adtion of effort and con\u00adfused lines of author\u00adi\u00adty. The two men were <em>not even aware <\/em>the oth\u00ader man was work\u00ading the same port\u00adfo\u00adlio!\u201d<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/natural\">Babies Are Nat\u00adur\u00adal Sci\u00aden\u00adtists<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/oct\/26\/hiker-lost-on-us-mountain-ignored-calls-from-rescuers-because-he-didnt-recognise-the-number\">Hik\u00ader lost on US moun\u00adtain ignored calls from res\u00adcuers because he didn\u2019t recog\u00adnise the num\u00adber<\/a> (Saman\u00adtha Lock, The Guardian): \u201cA man who became lost for 24 hours while hik\u00ading on Colorado\u2019s high\u00adest moun\u00adtain ignored repeat\u00aded phone calls from res\u00adcue teams because they came from an unknown num\u00adber, author\u00adi\u00adties say.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/transcripts\/1049274894\">Spi\u00adders can have arachno\u00adpho\u00adbia!<\/a> (NPR): rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus. Both amus\u00ading and inter\u00adest\u00ading.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SwZWaw2NCrM\">Kids Don\u2019t Know How To Read<\/a> (John Branyan, YouTube): rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus. 25 min\u00adutes (a full stand-up spe\u00adcial). The end sound\u00aded famil\u00adiar and I real\u00adized I had shared an excerpt from it back in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/12\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-281\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/12\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-281\">vol\u00adume 281<\/a>, but I had nev\u00ader seen the whole thing.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4Aaf57RwOl4\">Only Amer\u00adi\u00adcans Can Make Fun Of Wal\u00admart<\/a> (Ali Sul\u00adtan, YouTube): four min\u00adutes of standup com\u00ade\u00addy<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HAvplXWufNQ\">Clever Link\u00ading Rings Rou\u00adtine<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): ten min\u00adutes of mag\u00adic<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ixk03OO7qD4\">You\u2019ll Nev\u00ader Know Every\u00adthing About Your Wife<\/a> (Joe Deuce, YouTube): four and a half min\u00adutes of standup com\u00ade\u00addy \u2014 the real\u00adly fun\u00adny stuff starts about one minute in<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kC0TBtkccCU\">The Mag\u00adic of Pro Wrestling With The Shock\u00ader!<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes of unortho\u00addox mag\u00adic<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M0zzUmva9gI\">A Mag\u00adic Sto\u00adry<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): sev\u00aden and a half min\u00adutes of mag\u00adic<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every week I\u2019ll high\u00adlight an old\u00ader link still worth your con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. This week we have <a href=\"http:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2018\/07\/03\/ssc-journal-club-dissolving-the-fermi-paradox\/\">Dis\u00adsolv\u00ading the Fer\u00admi Para\u00addox<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slate Star Codex): \u201cImag\u00adine we knew God flipped a coin. If it came up heads, He made 10 bil\u00adlion alien civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion. If it came up tails, He made none besides Earth. Using our one para\u00adme\u00adter Drake Equa\u00adtion, we deter\u00admine that on aver\u00adage there should be 5 bil\u00adlion alien civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtions. Since we see zero, that\u2019s quite the para\u00addox, isn\u2019t it? No. In this case the mean is mean\u00ading\u00adless. It\u2019s not at all sur\u00adpris\u00ading that we see zero alien civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtions, it just means the coin must have land\u00aded tails. SDO say that rely\u00ading on the Drake Equa\u00adtion is the same kind of error.\u201d&nbsp; First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/07\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-159\">vol\u00adume 159<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chi Alpha is not a par\u00adti\u00adsan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. To para\u00adphrase anoth\u00ader min\u00adis\u00adter: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) and may at times share arti\u00adcles that have a strong par\u00adti\u00adsan bias sim\u00adply because I find the arti\u00adcle stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with every\u00adthing an author says in an arti\u00adcle I men\u00adtion, much less things the author has said in oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles (although if I strong\u00adly dis\u00adagree with some\u00adthing in the arti\u00adcle I\u2019ll usu\u00adal\u00adly men\u00adtion it). And to the extent you can dis\u00adcern my opin\u00adions, please under\u00adstand that they are my own and not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly those of Chi Alpha or any oth\u00ader orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion I may be per\u00adceived to rep\u00adre\u00adsent.\n\nAlso, remem\u00adber that I\u2019m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u2019m giv\u00ading you a selec\u00adtion of things I found inter\u00adest\u00ading. There\u2019s a lot hap\u00adpen\u00ading in the world that\u2019s not mak\u00ading an appear\u00adance here because I haven\u2019t found stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading arti\u00adcles writ\u00adten about it.\n\nIf this was for\u00adward\u00aded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. 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