{"id":7031,"date":"2022-10-21T22:46:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T06:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7031"},"modified":"2022-10-21T22:46:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T06:46:06","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-373","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/10\/21\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-373","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 373"},"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 volume 373, a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Permutable_prime\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Permutable_prime\">permutable prime<\/a>. That means it is a prime number even when you rearrange its digits (337,&nbsp;733).<\/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:\/\/quarterly.gospelinlife.com\/reconstructing-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reconstructing Faith: Christianity in a New World<\/a> (Tim Keller, Life In The Gospel): \u201cChristians in our cultural moment will have to rethink their faith, but at the same time they must learn to \u2018doubt their doubts.\u2019 They must deconstruct not only their tacit, mistaken beliefs and their secondary beliefs that pose as primary, but also just as importantly, the cultural narratives that are offered as the alternatives to Christian faith.\u201d Recommended by a student.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/dog-of-ulthar\/662107756439961600\/wait-but-tell-me-more-what-kind-of-math-does-our\" target=\"_blank\">The Math of Measurements<\/a> (Tumblr): \u201cThe base 12 system of the traditional English foot is fantastic for mental math, because 12 is a highly divisible number. It\u2019s easily divisible into halves, thirds, quarters, and sixths by most people <em>in their heads<\/em>.\u2026 This is the kind of math most artisans need to do. You want supports placed evenly along a wall, to divide a piece of fabric in half, or to double a recipe. Nobody 1.7x\u2019s a recipe. Metric would be great for that, but why would you do that? It wouldn\u2019t be worth the math involved.\u201d<ul><li>I very much like this rant. There\u2019s a lot to like about metric, but not as much as some of its enthusiasts claim.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/co-ops-are-the-new-greek-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">Co-ops are the New Greek Life<\/a> (Julia Steinberg, Stanford Review): \u201cWhile attempting to provide an alternative social and living environment based on principles of counterculturalism, many co-ops recreate the social pressures of Greek Life through a flimsy veneer of counterculturalism.\u2026 co-ops present a space to safely <em>pretend<\/em> to be countercultural, while forging a living community with people who are just like them, preventing the expression of true difference and diversity. If co-ops seek to hold onto the legacy of the 60s and 70s that birthed these houses, they must reckon with the fact that they are currently co-ed Greek Houses in a crochet sweater.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-11323677\/Outrage-Boston-University-CREATES-Covid-strain-80-kill-rate.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boston University CREATES a new Covid strain that has an 80% kill rate \u2014 echoing dangerous experiments feared to have started pandemic<\/a> (Caitlin Tilley, Daily Mail): \u201cIt will no doubt surprise many Americans that such experiments continue to go on in the US despite concerns similar studies may have led to the global Covid outbreak.\u201d&nbsp;<ul><li>The research paper is here \u2014 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2022.10.13.512134v1.full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2022.10.13.512134v1.full.pdf<\/a><\/li><li>One good response: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2022\/10\/irresponsible-gain-of-function-research.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=irresponsible-gain-of-function-research\" target=\"_blank\">Irresponsible Gain of Function Research<\/a> (Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution): \u201cFrankly, the authors of the study were irresponsible. Boston University also failed terribly in its oversight. Finally, I also put some blame on Anthony Fauci for evading and obfuscating earlier gain of function research in a way that suggested very little falls under this category. (Rand Paul was right about&nbsp;this).\u201d<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Another rational response that also addresses common objections: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thezvi.substack.com\/i\/78390199\/can-we-at-least-ban-gain-of-function-research\" target=\"_blank\">Can We At Least Ban Gain of Function Research?<\/a> (Zvi Mowshowitz, Substack): \u201cImagine the worst thing you could do that doesn\u2019t involve nuclear weapons. Then imagine someone went ahead and did it, and published, and it was all not only legal. It was <em>funded. <\/em>Here in America.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2022\/october-web-only\/midterm-elections-politics-american-idol-replaced-spiritual.html\" target=\"_blank\">American Idol: How Politics Replaced Spiritual Practice<\/a> (Michael Wear, Christianity Today): \u201c\u2026the Christian faith offers tremendous resources for combating political sectarianism and so much else that ails our politics, but we have to connect those resources to our public life and politics. Christians don\u2019t need to be reminded of kindness, gentleness, and joy. But many do need to be convinced that the way of Jesus is up to the task of politics. They need to be convinced that the public arena, too, is a forum for faithfulness.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/interactive\/2022\/veterans-foreign-jobs-foia-takeaways\/\" target=\"_blank\">Key findings from The Post\u2019s series on veterans\u2019 lucrative foreign jobs<\/a> (Craig Whitlock and Nate Jones, Washington Post): \u201cMore than 500 retired U.S. military personnel \u2014 including scores of generals and admirals \u2014 have taken jobs as contractors and consultants for foreign governments since 2015, cashing in on their military expertise and political clout. Most have worked as civilian contractors for Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Persian Gulf monarchies, playing a critical, though largely invisible, role in upgrading their militaries.\u201d<ul><li>Somewhat related: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2022\/10\/17\/china-hypersonic-missiles-american-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\">American technology boosts China\u2019s hypersonic missile program<\/a> (Cate Cadell &amp; Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post): \u201cMilitary research groups at the leading edge of China\u2019s hypersonics and missile programs \u2014 many on a U.S. export blacklist \u2014 arepurchasing a range of specialized American technology, including products developed by firms that have received millions of dollars in grants and contracts from the Pentagon, a Washington Post investigation has&nbsp;found.\u201d<\/li><li>See a non-paywalled summary of the missile story at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/asiatimes.com\/2022\/10\/us-software-gives-china-its-hypersonic-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\">US software gives China its hypersonic edge<\/a> (Gabriel Honrada, Asia&nbsp;Times)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/13\/us\/stanford-apology-jewish-students.html\" target=\"_blank\">Stanford Apologizes for Limiting Jewish Admissions in the 1950s<\/a> (Amanda Holpuch, New York Times): \u201cSeveral colleges and universities, including Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth, limited Jewish enrollment in the 1920s through the 1960s, but Stanford had long denied rumors that it had used similar practices.\u201d Of interest in this story is (a) the interview at the end with Jessica, the director of Hillel and (b) the fact that a Substack article started all&nbsp;this.<ul><li>The Substack article which launched it: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/charlespetersen.substack.com\/p\/stanfords-secret-jewish-quota\" target=\"_blank\">How I Discovered Stanford\u2019s Jewish Quota<\/a> (Charles Petersen, Substack): \u201cOne Jewish student who attended Stanford in the 1960s was told by his high school guidance counselor that the university would only accept one Jewish student from each high school each year \u2014 he had been the one to get in. If this is true (and this student verified the claim from personal experience), it might offer an explanation for how Snyder implemented the suggestion, mentioned earlier, from the Jewish president of Stanford\u2019s board of trustees. When Snyder wanted to admit a few Gentiles with less than stellar grades, he made sure to admit precisely one Jewish applicant near the top of the&nbsp;class.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/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:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/moses-commands-israelites-to-gather-double-portion-of-chick-fil-a-on-saturday-since-they-cant-gather-any-sunday\/\" target=\"_blank\">Moses Commands Israelites To Gather Double Portion Of Chick-fil\u2011A On Saturday Since They Can\u2019t Gather Any Sunday<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/sad-climate-activists-vandalize-a-picasso-but-no-one-can-tell\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sad: Climate Activists Vandalize A Jackson Pollock But No One Notices<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/david-pretty-confident-he-just-wrote-a-banger-after-finishing-psalm-23\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Pretty Confident He Just Wrote A Banger After Finishing Psalm 23<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/interest-in-drag-queen-story-hours-wanes-after-theyre-renamed-more-accurate-man-wearing-lingerie-wants-to-spend-time-with-your-kids-hour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Interest In Drag Queen Story Hours Wanes After They\u2019re Renamed More Accurate \u2018Man Wearing Lingerie Wants To Spend Time With Your Kids Hour\u2019<\/a> (Babylon Bee) \u2014 I\u2019m not sure this one belongs in the \u201cless serious\u201d section.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">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:\/\/credohouse.org\/blog\/3-types-of-skeptics\" target=\"_blank\">3 Types of Skeptics<\/a> (C. Michael Patton, Credo House): \u201c1. Those who need answers\u2026. 2. Those who don\u2019t like the answers\u2026. 3. Those who need healing.\u201d From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/04\/03\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-244\" target=\"_blank\">volume 244<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><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\"><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). And to the extent you can discern my opinions, please understand that they are my own and not necessarily those of Chi Alpha or any other organization I may be perceived to represent.\n\nAlso, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about it.\n\nIf this was forwarded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/theglendavis.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. This is volume 373, a permutable prime. That means it is a prime number even when you rearrange its \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/10\/21\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-373\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 373\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Spicy links this week. 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