{"id":7085,"date":"2022-12-16T17:21:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T01:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7085"},"modified":"2022-12-16T17:21:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T01:21:45","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-381","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/12\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-381","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 381"},"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>The number 381 , which is a Kaprekar constant in base 2 (101111101). Kaprekar constants are weird things and you\u2019ll need to google them.<\/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\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/experimentalhistory.substack.com\/p\/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review\" target=\"_blank\">The rise and fall of peer review<\/a> (Adam Mastroianni, Substack): \u201cIf you look at what scientists actually do, it\u2019s clear they don\u2019t think peer review really matters. First: if scientists cared a lot about peer review, when their papers got reviewed and rejected, they would listen to the feedback, do more experiments, rewrite the paper, etc. Instead, they usually just submit the same paper to another journal.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I absolutely loved this article. The author is a postdoc in social psychology at Columbia Business School.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He also has an academic paper making the same point in a remarkable way at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/psyarxiv.com\/2uxwk\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/psyarxiv.com\/2uxwk<\/a> SO&nbsp;GOOD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/thinking\/school-phd-too-good-for-you-academic-arrogance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Academic arrogance: The school that grants your PhD thinks it\u2019s too good to hire you<\/a> (Tom Hartsfield, BigThink): \u201cRoughly 10% to 20% of faculty are hired by a more prestigious department than the one from which they came, moving up the hierarchy. Around 10% are hired by their own department, a lateral prestige play. Roughly 70% to 80% of faculty are hired by a less prestigious university. Generally speaking, then, if you receive a PhD from a university department, that department will think that it is too good to hire you as a faculty member. Instead, they lust after faculty hires holding degrees more prestigious than the one that they bestowed upon&nbsp;you.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/opinion\/openforum\/article\/Stanford-mental-health-culture-17640620.php\" target=\"_blank\">How Stanford turned me into a machine with two settings: \u2018fast\u2019 and \u2018broken\u2019<\/a> (Jon Ball, SF Chronicle): \u201cAs Stanford students, we never think about stopping. We\u2019re always running \u2014 running code, running events, running sports practice and running practice exercises for our careers. The constant competition and camaraderie keep us on our feet. A collective runner\u2019s high keeps us in the race. But that high only lasts as long as we run\u2026\u201d The author is a PhD student at the GSE. Recommended by a student.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some AI conversations:&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/perhaps-it-is-a-bad-thing-that-the?r=3rgcb&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;utm_campaign=post\" target=\"_blank\">Perhaps It Is A Bad Thing That The World\u2019s Leading AI Companies Cannot Control Their AIs<\/a> (Scott Alexander, Astral Codex Ten): \u201c\u2026ChatGPT also has failure modes that no human would ever replicate, like how it will reveal nuclear secrets if you ask it to do it in uWu furry speak, or tell you how to hotwire a car if and only if you make the request in base 64, or generate stories about Hitler if you prefix your request with \u2018[john@192.168.1.1 _]$ python friend.py\u2019. This thing is an alien that has been beaten into a shape that makes it look vaguely human. But scratch it the slightest bit and the alien comes&nbsp;out.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2022\/12\/thanks-to-ai-its-probably-time-to-take-your-photos-off-the-internet\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\">AI image generation tech can now create life-wrecking deepfakes with ease<\/a> (Benj Edwards, Ars Technica): \u201cWhen we started writing this article, we asked a brave volunteer if we could use their social media images to attempt to train an AI model to create fakes. They agreed, but the results were too convincing, and the reputational risk proved too great. So instead, we used AI to create a set of seven simulated social media photos of a fictitious person we\u2019ll call \u2018John.\u2019 That way, we can safely show you the results.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2022\/12\/09\/methodist-church-lgbtq-slavery-00073112\" target=\"_blank\">Why You Should Be Worried About the Split in the Methodist Church <\/a>(Joshua Zeitz, Politico): \u201cFor decades, the churches had proven deft \u2014 too deft \u2014 at absorbing the political and social debate over slavery. Their inability to maintain that peace was a sign that the country had grown dangerously divided. Today, mainline churches are bucking under the strain of debates over sex, gender and culture that reflect America\u2019s deep partisan and ideological divide. In a country with a shrinking center, even bonds of religious fellowship seem too brittle to endure. If history is any guide, it\u2019s a sign of sharper polarization to&nbsp;come.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tech companies trying to control public opinion:&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There have been (so far) six installments of what is being called \u201cThe Twitter Files\u201d \u2014 long threads exposing internal Twitter documents and deliberations. They\u2019re generally quite interesting, but the second one stands out to me the most: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bariweiss\/status\/1601007575633305600\">Bari Weiss on Twitter\u2019s secret blacklists<\/a> \u2014 it\u2019s definitely worth reading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persuasion.community\/p\/the-twitter-files-show-its-time-to\" target=\"_blank\">The \u201cTwitter Files\u201d Show It\u2019s Time to Reimagine Free Speech Online<\/a> (David French, Persuasion): \u201cBack in my litigation days, I led legal teams that followed a few simple rules. First, public institutions must comply with the First Amendment, and they should be sued if they don\u2019t. Second, private universities have the freedom to craft their own rules, but if they promise free speech, they should deliver, and there is no better model for delivering free speech than the First Amendment. The same message should apply to social media.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/app-link\/post?publication_id=260347&amp;post_id=90214006&amp;utm_source=post-email-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo5MDIxNDAwNiwiaWF0IjoxNjcwOTI5NjQyLCJleHAiOjE2NzM1MjE2NDIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNjAzNDciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.g9JYvSyEmeiDa2WgaX7qeXGlC7WuBz31tExJzXIgDks\" target=\"_blank\">What the Hell Happened to PayPal?<\/a> (Rupa Subramanya, The Free Press): \u201cOne by one, they go to start their business day only to find a baffling message from their payments app informing them: \u2018You can no longer do business with PayPal.\u2019 There is little or no explanation. They have somehow offended the sensibilities of someone somewhere deep inside the bureaucracy.\u2026 These are entrepreneurs, writers, academics, activists\u2014the very same people PayPal, whose mission is \u2018democratizing financial services,\u2019 was meant to empower.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/the-hijacking-of-pediatric-medicine?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">The Hijacking of Pediatric Medicine<\/a> (Aaron Sibarium, The Free Press): \u201cFor Vinay Prasad, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco, it\u2019s hard to blame [skeptical parents]. \u2018The reason to trust modern doctors over ancient healers is that more of what we tell you to do is justified by well-done studies,\u2019 Prasad said. \u2018But how do we hold that perch when we just make stuff&nbsp;up?\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/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=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/early-church-leaders-excited-for-letter-from-paul-that-probably-says-how-good-theyre-doing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Early Church Leaders Excited For Letter From Paul That Probably Says How Good They\u2019re Doing<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2711\/\" target=\"_blank\">Optimal Bowling<\/a> (xkcd) \u2014 at first I thought this was meh, but it\u2019s really grown on&nbsp;me<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/addicted\" target=\"_blank\">Addicted<\/a> (SMBC) \u2014 this is not a crazy prediction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kw-OIdUH3XA\" target=\"_blank\">Young Foolers Team Up With Teller To Trick Penn?!<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): ten minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l5Uy_CnKzOk\" target=\"_blank\">Jaana Felicitas: Cold As Ice<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): seven minutes<\/li>\n<\/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:\/\/scholars-stage.org\/on-cultures-that-build\/\" target=\"_blank\">On Cultures That Build<\/a> (Tanner Greer, personal blog): \u201cIn the 21st century, the main question in American social life is not \u2018how do we make that happen?\u2019 but \u2018how do we get management to take our side?\u2019 This is a learned response, and a culture which has internalized it will not be a culture that \u2018builds.\u2019\u201d<\/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>. 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Kaprekar constants are weird things and \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/12\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-381\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 381\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":"Many interesting things, including my favorite academic paper this year. It's shockingly good. 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