{"id":6832,"date":"2022-02-11T18:34:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T02:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6832"},"modified":"2022-02-11T18:34:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T02:34:31","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-338","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/02\/11\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-338","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 338"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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 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 Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the 338th installment. 338, I am told, is the smallest number for which both the number of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/Divisor.html\">divisors<\/a>&nbsp;and the sum of its&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/PrimeFactors.html\">prime factors<\/a>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/PerfectNumber.html\">perfect number<\/a>. An odd honor, but one I am pleased to acknowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"things-glen-found-interesting\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li>Romance:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zmescience.com\/science\/news-science\/reverse-friend-zone-many-romantic-relationships-start-off-just-as-friends-in-fact-most-people-prefer-it-this-way\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reverse friend zone: many romantic relationships start off just as friends. In fact, most people prefer it this way<\/a> (Tibi Puiu, ZME Science): \u201cWhen participants were asked about their original intentions for initiating the friendship that went on to evolve romantically, only 30% said they were sexually attracted to the partner from the very beginning. In 70% of cases, neither of the two parties in the relationship originally had feelings, with attraction blossoming at a later&nbsp;time.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/too-risky-to-wed-in-your-20s-not-if-you-avoid-cohabiting-first-11644037261\" target=\"_blank\">Too Risky to Wed in Your 20s? Not if You Avoid Cohabiting First<\/a> (Brad Wilcox and Lyman Stone, Wall Street Journal): \u201cIn analyzing reports of marriage and divorce from more than 50,000 women in the U.S. government\u2019s National Survey of Family Growth (NFSG), we found that there is a group of women for whom marriage before 30 is not risky: women who married directly, without ever cohabiting prior to marriage. In fact, women who married between 22 and 30, without first living together, had some of the lowest rates of divorce in the NSFG.\u201d#justsaying<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colbertlateshow\/status\/1489470018957942784\">Stephen Colbert Explains The Relationship Between His Comedy and His Faith<\/a> (Twitter): I think I would really like Stephen Colbert if I met him in person.<\/li><li>Stanford related:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2022\/02\/are-semesters-or-quarters-better.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=are-semesters-or-quarters-better\" target=\"_blank\">Are semesters or quarters better?<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution): \u201cIn fact I think the quarter system doesn\u2019t go far enough.&nbsp;I think we should have many more one- and two-week classes, or five-week classes, as well.&nbsp;Understandably that is more difficult to manage operationally, but I don\u2019t see any reason why it should be impossible.&nbsp;Companies solve more complex scheduling problems than that all the time. If I think of GMU, either the undergraduate majors, or the graduate students, should in my opinion have had <em>some<\/em> classroom time with almost every single instructor.&nbsp;So much of life and productivity is about matching!\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2022\/02\/09\/i-went-to-every-library-on-campus-so-you-dont-have-to\/\" target=\"_blank\">I went to every library on campus so you don\u2019t have to<\/a> (Annie Reller, Stanford Daily): \u201cBelow is my ranking of the libraries on campus. Please keep in mind that I have specific criteria when going to libraries: comfy chairs, ambiance and lighting. I am a humanities major, so desks are less necessary as I do most of my work on my laptop.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jaydaigle.net\/blog\/replication-crisis-math\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why Isn\u2019t There a Replication Crisis in Math?<\/a> (Jay Daigle, blog): \u201c<strong>Many papers have errors, yes\u2014but our major results generally hold up, even when the intermediate steps are wrong!<\/strong> Our errors can usually be fixed without really changing our conclusions.\u2026 But isn\u2019t it\u2026<em>weird<\/em>\u2026that our results hold up when our methods don\u2019t? How does that even work? We get away with it becuase we can be right for the wrong reasons\u2014<strong>we mostly only try to prove things that are basically true<\/strong>.\u201d Emphasis in original. The author is a math professor at George Washington University.<\/li><li>Hackers:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/north-korea-hacker-internet-outage\/\" target=\"_blank\">North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet<\/a> (Andy Greenberg, Wired): \u201cBut responsibility for North Korea\u2019s ongoing internet outages doesn\u2019t lie with&nbsp;US Cyber Command&nbsp;or any other state-sponsored hacking agency. In fact, it was the work of one American man in a T\u2011shirt, pajama pants, and slippers, sitting in his living room night after night, watching&nbsp;<em>Alien<\/em>&nbsp;movies and eating spicy corn snacks\u2014and periodically walking over to his home office to check on the progress of the programs he was running to disrupt the internet of an entire country.\u201d What an absolute legend.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/backchannel\/how-a-lone-hacker-shredded-the-myth-of-crowdsourcing-d9d0534f1731\" target=\"_blank\">How A Lone Hacker Shredded the Myth of Crowdsourcing<\/a> (Mark Harris, Medium): \u201cMyself and others in the social sciences community tend to think of such massive acts of sabotage as anomalies, but are they?\u201d wondered Cebrian. To settle the question, Cebrian analyzed his (and other) crowdsourcing contests with the help of Victor Naroditskiy, a game theory expert at the University of Southampton. The results shocked him. \u201cThe expected outcome is for everyone to attack, regardless of how difficult an attack is,\u201d says Cebrian. \u201cIt is actually rational for the crowd to be malicious, especially in a competition environment. And I can\u2019t think of any engineering or game theoretic or economic incentive to stop it.\u201d Recommended by a student.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/05\/science\/ukraine-nuclear-weapons.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine Gave Up a Giant Nuclear Arsenal 30 Years Ago. Today There Are Regrets.<\/a> (William J. Broad, New York Times): \u201cWe gave away the capability for nothing,\u201d said Andriy Zahorodniuk, a former defense minister of Ukraine. Referring to the security assurances Ukraine won in exchange for its nuclear arms, he added: \u201cNow, every time somebody offers us to sign a strip of paper, the response is, \u2018Thank you very much. We already had one of those some time&nbsp;ago.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<ul><li>If Russia does invade Ukraine, I think the biggest global consequence might be that nuclear powers become even more committed to maintaining their arsenals and non-nuclear powers strive even harder to join the&nbsp;club.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>The Canadian truckers:<ul><li>Sympathetic: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/what-the-truckers-want\" target=\"_blank\">What the Truckers Want<\/a> (Rupa Subramanya, Bari Weiss\u2019s Substack): \u201cIt was ironic, she said that she could serve but couldn\u2019t dine at the restaurant where she worked.\u201d<\/li><li>Concerned: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theline.substack.com\/p\/dispatch-from-the-ottawa-front-sloly\" target=\"_blank\">Dispatch from the Ottawa Front: Sloly is telling you all he\u2019s in trouble. Who\u2019s listening?<\/a> (Matt Gurney, Substack): \u201cThis is a complicated protest and a complicated event. It has layers. Are there good, frustrated people just trying to be heard in the crowd? Yes. Are there bad people in the crowd, including some who\u2019ve waved hate symbols and harassed or attacked others? Yes. Are there people taking careful care of the roads, sweeping up trash and shovelling ice and snow off the sidewalk? Yes. Are there hard men milling about, keeping a wary eye on anyone who seems out of place? Yes. Is it a place where some people are having good-natured fun? Yes. Is it a place some other people would rightly be afraid to go? Yes. And so on. But it\u2019s even more complicated than it&nbsp;looks.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"less-serious-things-which-also-interested-amused-glen\">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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G0Y_UFaQVJM\" target=\"_blank\">Card Throwing Magic<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine minutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/33c8306c-abad-41f6-874f-e95b23c6460\">The Financial Times\u2019 \u201cNot Found\u201d Page<\/a>: recommended by an alumnus<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2022\/02\/07\/campus-awaits-appearance-of-heir-of-slytherin-to-activate-meyer-green-sculpture\/\" target=\"_blank\">Campus awaits appearance of heir of Slytherin to activate Meyer Green sculpture<\/a> (Uche Ochuba, Stanford Daily)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/freedom-convoy-of-truckers-block-california-traffic-update-never-mind-thats-just-normal-la-traffic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Freedom Convoy Forms In Los Angeles Blocking Freeway And\u2014Never Mind, That\u2019s Just Normal Traffic On The 405<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"things-glen-found-interesting-a-while-ago\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2019\/03\/21\/study-leaving-religion-sex-abuse-scandals-affects-public-health-column\/3224575002\/\" target=\"_blank\">Religion\u2019s health effects should make doubting parishioners reconsider leaving<\/a> (John Siniff and Tyler J. VanderWeele, USA Today): \u201cSimply from a public health perspective, the continuing diminution of religious upbringing in America would be bad for health. This is not proselytizing; this is science.\u201d The Harvard epidemiology professor&nbsp; last made an appearance here back in<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/09\/02\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-65\" target=\"_blank\"> volume 65<\/a>. First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/03\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-195\" target=\"_blank\">volume 195<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-do-you-send-this-email\"><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"disclaimer\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it). 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