{"id":6876,"date":"2022-04-29T21:37:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T05:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6876"},"modified":"2022-04-29T21:37:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T05:37:08","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-348","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/04\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-348","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 348"},"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\" 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 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\">348 is the sum of four con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive primes: 79 + 83 + 89 + 97 = 348.<\/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\" href=\"https:\/\/credohouse.org\/blog\/extraordinary-claims-require-extraordinary-evidence-and-other-stupid-statements\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cExtra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary claims require extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary evi\u00addence\u201d\u2026 And oth\u00ader stu\u00adpid state\u00adments<\/a> (C. Michael Pat\u00adton, Cre\u00addo House): \u201c&nbsp;\u2018Extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary claims require extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary evi\u00addence.\u2019 While this may seem like sound rea\u00adson\u00ading at first glance, it fails in sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant ways. Try using this phrase and switch out the mod\u00adi\u00adfi\u00ader. What if I said, \u2018phys\u00adi\u00adcal claims require phys\u00adi\u00adcal evi\u00addence.\u2019 Or what about this: \u2018mirac\u00adu\u00adlous claims require mirac\u00adu\u00adlous evi\u00addence\u2019? How about \u2018canine claims require canine evi\u00addence\u2019? Of course, you would see the fal\u00adla\u00adcy right away. The equiv\u00ado\u00adca\u00adtion cre\u00adates an appar\u00adent pro\u00adfun\u00addi\u00adty that mis\u00addi\u00adrects our sens\u00ades. In every case claims just need evi\u00addence.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/uncool-church\/\" target=\"_blank\">In Praise of the Bor\u00ading, Uncool Church<\/a> (Brett McCrack\u00aden, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cIt seems almost every \u2018leader of Chris\u00adt\u00adian cool\u2019\u2014whether a tat\u00adtooed celebri\u00adty pas\u00adtor or a buzzy night\u00adclub church\u2014flames out and los\u00ades its foot\u00ading fair\u00adly quick\u00adly. Which is not at all sur\u00adpris\u00ading. By their very nature, things that are cool are ephemer\u00adal. What\u2019s fash\u00adion\u00adable is, by <em>the neces\u00adsi\u00adty of the rules of fash\u00adion<\/em>, quick\u00adly obso\u00adlete. This is one of many rea\u00adsons why chas\u00ading cool is a fool\u2019s errand for church\u00ades and pas\u00adtors\u2026\u201d<\/li><li>Unex\u00adpect\u00aded neg\u00ada\u00adtive impacts of COVID:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2022\/april\/state-of-bible-reading-decline-report-26-million.html\" target=\"_blank\">Report: 26 Mil\u00adlion Amer\u00adi\u00adcans Stopped Read\u00ading the Bible Reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly Dur\u00ading COVID-19<\/a> (Adam MacIn\u00adnis, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cPlake thinks the dra\u00admat\u00adic change shows how close\u00adly Bible reading\u2014even inde\u00adpen\u00addent Bible reading\u2014is con\u00adnect\u00aded to church atten\u00addance. When reg\u00adu\u00adlar ser\u00advices were inter\u00adrupt\u00aded by the pan\u00addem\u00adic and relat\u00aded health man\u00addates, it impact\u00aded not just the cor\u00adpo\u00adrate bod\u00adies of believ\u00aders but also indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals at home.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/covid-health-religion-israel-united-states-26faedf65a7ca0f09d4f8c3842db5a77\" target=\"_blank\">Researchers: COVID-19, Israel-Gaza war fueled anti\u00adsemitism<\/a> (Lau\u00adrie Kell\u00adman, AP News): \u201cThe study com\u00adpiled data from 22 coun\u00adtries. French author\u00adi\u00adties, for instance, report\u00aded a 36% jump in anti\u00adse\u00admit\u00adic inci\u00addents involv\u00ading phys\u00adi\u00adcal vio\u00adlence, from 44 to 60. The Unit\u00aded King\u00addom saw a 78% jump in inci\u00addents of assault, from 97 to 173. The num\u00adber of anti\u00adse\u00admit\u00adic inci\u00addents in Cana\u00adda rose 54%, from 173 to 266, the report said.\u2026 [In Amer\u00adi\u00adca] The Anti-Defama\u00adtion League count\u00aded 2,717 anti\u00adse\u00admit\u00adic inci\u00addents of assault, harass\u00adment and van\u00addal\u00adism in 2021, a 34% increase over the pre\u00advi\u00adous year. It was the high\u00adest num\u00adber since the New York City-based group began track\u00ading such inci\u00addents in 1979.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2022\/04\/22\/red_flags_for_faith-based_liberty_in_hong_kong.html?mc_cid=7390e21630\" target=\"_blank\">Red Flags for Faith-Based Lib\u00ader\u00adty in Hong Kong<\/a> (Susan Crab\u00adtree, Real Clear Pol\u00adi\u00adtics): \u201cUnder Pres\u00adi\u00addent Xi Jin\u00adping, all reli\u00adgions have faced per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion.\u2026 For sev\u00ader\u00adal years, the Chris\u00adt\u00adian church in Hong Kong was large\u00adly spared. But recent actions tak\u00aden against Hong Kong\u2019s Chris\u00adt\u00adian church\u00ades are chip\u00adping away at the reli\u00adgious free\u00addom the city has enjoyed since the British estab\u00adlished it as a colony in the ear\u00adly 1840s.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/09567976211054089\" target=\"_blank\">Tips From the Top: Do the Best Per\u00adform\u00aders Real\u00adly Give the Best Advice<\/a>? (David E. Levari, Daniel T. Gilbert &amp; Tim\u00ado\u00adthy D. Wil\u00adson, Psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Sci\u00adence): \u201cAlthough advice from the best-per\u00adform\u00ading advi\u00adsors was no more ben\u00ade\u00adfi\u00adcial than advice from oth\u00ader advi\u00adsors, par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpants believed that it had been\u2014and they believed this despite the fact that they were told noth\u00ading about their advi\u00adsors\u2019 per\u00adfor\u00admance. Why? The best per\u00adform\u00aders did not give bet\u00adter advice, but they did give more of it, and par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpants appar\u00adent\u00adly mis\u00adtook quan\u00adti\u00adty for qual\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d The researchers are at Har\u00advard and UVA. I did not read the arti\u00adcle itself because I found the abstract instant\u00adly plau\u00adsi\u00adble.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/john-adams-fear-has-come-to-pass?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyMDU0MzU5LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1Mjc0OTM3OCwiXyI6ImpxQlkvIiwiaWF0IjoxNjUwOTA0NzUxLCJleHAiOjE2NTA5MDgzNTEsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTc2NSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.4S013QHkHzYnNeEIo6XBKHwwKiYEx2qronW8d7xVq1E&amp;s=r\" target=\"_blank\">John Adams\u2019 Fear Has Come to Pass<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201c\u2026the most polar\u00adized Amer\u00adi\u00adcans are dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate\u00adly white and col\u00adlege-edu\u00adcat\u00aded on the left and dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate\u00adly white and retired on the right. The peo\u00adple dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate\u00adly dri\u00adving polar\u00adiza\u00adtion in the Unit\u00aded States are not oppressed minori\u00adties, but rather some of the most pow\u00ader\u00adful, most priv\u00adi\u00adleged, wealth\u00adi\u00adest peo\u00adple <em>who\u2019ve ever lived<\/em>. They enjoy more free\u00addom and oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty than vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly any pri\u00ador gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of humans, all while liv\u00ading under the pro\u00adtec\u00adtive umbrel\u00adla of the most pow\u00ader\u00adful mil\u00adi\u00adtary in the his\u00adto\u00adry of the plan\u00adet.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMazarr\/status\/1519160793790656513\">A Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Sci\u00aden\u00adtist on Ukraine<\/a> (Mike Mazarr, Twit\u00adter): \u201cVery struck by recent analy\u00adsis + report\u00ading that high\u00adlights a risk\u2013highly uncer\u00adtain but not so far wide\u00adly discussed\u2013of a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant esca\u00adla\u00adtion of the Ukraine war in com\u00ading weeks. What it means, and what it implies for US pol\u00adi\u00adcy, are not at all clear.\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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2020\/04\/13\/man-who-never-wanted-to-ride-in-fighter-jet-accidentally-ejects-himself\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man who nev\u00ader want\u00aded to ride in fight\u00ader jet acci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly ejects him\u00adself<\/a> (San Jose Mer\u00adcury News): \u201cOn take\u00adoff, the pilot and pas\u00adsen\u00adger were sub\u00adject\u00aded to 4 Gs. Lev\u00adel\u00ading off around 2,500 feet, that dropped to neg\u00ada\u00adtive 0.6 Gs, a feel\u00ading of weight\u00adless\u00adness. At that point, said a trans\u00adlat\u00aded ver\u00adsion of the report, \u2018the insuf\u00adfi\u00adcient\u00adly strapped and total\u00adly sur\u00adprised pas\u00adsen\u00adger\u2019 grabbed for the near\u00adest han\u00addle \u2014 which turned out to acti\u00advate the ejec\u00adtor seat.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Damnthatsinteresting\/comments\/uakx2b\/a_bridge_that_pretends_to_crumble_under_you\/\" target=\"_blank\">A bridge that pre\u00adtends to crum\u00adble under you!<\/a> (Red\u00addit)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=reK31tWHuXQ\" target=\"_blank\">Mir\u00adror Card Mag\u00adic<\/a> (Jeki Yoo, YouTube): one minute<\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/palladiummag.com\/2019\/08\/05\/the-real-problem-at-yale-is-not-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Real Prob\u00adlem at Yale Is Not Free Speech<\/a> (Natalia Dashan, Pal\u00adla\u00addi\u00adum): \u201cThe cam\u00adpus \u2018free speech\u2019 debate is just a side-effect. So are debates about \u2018diver\u00adsi\u00adty\u2019 and \u2018inclu\u00adsion.\u2019 The real prob\u00adlems run much deep\u00ader. The real prob\u00adlems start with Mar\u00adcus and me, and the masks we wear for each oth\u00ader\u2026. In a world of masks and fa\u00e7ades, it is hard to con\u00advey the truth. And this is how I end\u00aded up offer\u00ading a sand\u00adwich to a man with hun\u00addreds of mil\u00adlions in a for\u00adeign bank account.\u201d I liked this one a lot. First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/08\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-215\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 215<\/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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