{"id":7116,"date":"2023-01-27T21:05:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T05:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7116"},"modified":"2023-01-27T21:09:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T05:09:03","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-387","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/01\/27\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-387","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 387"},"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\">This is vol\u00adume 387, which I learned today is the low\u00adest num\u00adber with a <a href=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/Sort-Then-AddSequence.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/Sort-Then-AddSequence.html\">sort-then-add per\u00adsis\u00adtence<\/a> of 10, which is a real\u00adly weird con\u00adcept. Take 387 and add it to 378 (the dig\u00adits sort\u00aded) and you get 765. Take 765 and add it to 567 to get 1332. Then sort that to add 1233. Keep doing that until you get an answer whose dig\u00adits are already sort\u00aded (appear in increas\u00ading order). It takes 10 iter\u00ada\u00adtions to get there. Some\u00adone dis\u00adcov\u00adered this. Math\u00ade\u00admati\u00adcians are both won\u00adder\u00adful and weird. <\/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:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2023\/january\/uk-abortion-clinic-prayer-buffer-pspo-religious-freedom-adf.html\" target=\"_blank\">Under Munic\u00adi\u00adpal Reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions, UK Abor\u00adtion Clin\u00adics \u2018Safe\u2019 From Silent Prayer<\/a> (David Roach, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cAdam Smith-Con\u00adnor prayed silent\u00adly on a pub\u00adlic street in Bournemouth, Eng\u00adland, ear\u00adli\u00ader this month, his back to an abor\u00adtion clin\u00adic. When com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty safe\u00adty offi\u00adcers asked what he was doing, he told them he was \u2018pray\u00ading for [his] son, who is deceased.\u2019 The offi\u00adcers expressed con\u00addo\u00adlences but then said Smith-Con\u00adnor, a 49-year-old phys\u00adi\u00adcal ther\u00ada\u00adpist and British army vet\u00ader\u00adan, was \u2018in breach\u2019 of a Pub\u00adlic Space Pro\u00adtec\u00adtion Order (PSPO), accord\u00ading to a video of the inci\u00addent. Lat\u00ader he was fined.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I\u2019ve been fol\u00adlow\u00ading these sto\u00adries on social media, this is the first decent write\u00adup of them that I\u2019ve seen. It blew my mind when I first saw it and I assumed some cops mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstood a pol\u00adi\u00adcy. Nope. Insane and demon\u00adic. I\u2019ve long known that you don\u2019t have the right to free speech in the U.K. I did\u00adn\u2019t real\u00adize you also lacked the right to free silence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AI Stuff\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/oy-ai-jaron-lanier\" target=\"_blank\">OY, A.I<\/a>. (Jaron Lanier, Tablet): \u201cThe prob\u00adlem wasn\u2019t that Israelites want\u00aded to craft a calf, but that they wor\u00adshipped it, even though it was a thing they had just made. The calf was social nar\u00adcis\u00adsism and amne\u00adsia. Jews have always had a prob\u00adlem of get\u00adting bored, of not get\u00adting enough of a charge from what\u00adev\u00ader is going on. The Israelites wait\u00ading for Moses to come back down were bored enough to go nuts. We peo\u00adple, not just Jews, still make gold\u00aden calves all the time. Adam Smith\u2019s invis\u00adi\u00adble hand, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtions-as-per\u00adsons, the Chi\u00adnese Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty, Wikipedia, the lat\u00adest AI pro\u00adgrams. All the same. All a bunch of peo\u00adple being sub\u00adsumed to cre\u00adate an imag\u00adi\u00adnary super\u00adhero.\u201d <em>An inter\u00adest\u00ading the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal reflec\u00adtion on AI by a guy I don\u2019t remem\u00adber hear\u00ading of before but clear\u00adly should have: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jaron_Lanier\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jaron_Lanier<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsandrewgao\/status\/1618733052347441153?s=20&amp;t=-K4Tg-JkMk4_6bFL4HcNgA\" target=\"_blank\">What if you could talk to the Bible?<\/a> (Andrew Gao, Twit\u00adter):  See <a href=\"https:\/\/biblegpt.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/biblegpt.org\/\">biblegpt.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openbible.info\/labs\/ai-sermons\/\" target=\"_blank\">AI Ser\u00admon Out\u00adline Gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtor<\/a> (John Dyer, Open\u00adBible): \u201cTo start, please enter up to 5 Bible pas\u00adsages. The AI will then gen\u00ader\u00adate 4 ser\u00admon the\u00adsis state\u00adments, or main argu\u00adments, based on the pas\u00adsages. After you choose a the\u00adsis state\u00adment you like, it will gen\u00ader\u00adate an out\u00adline for you.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2023\/january\/chatgpt-artificial-intelligence-ethics-tom-kehler.html?utm_medium=widgetsocial\" target=\"_blank\">Put Not Your Trust in Chat\u00adG\u00adPT, for Now<\/a> (Emi\u00adly Belz, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cHere is a sys\u00adtem that will turn my head: You take an emp\u00adty sys\u00adtem, and it has the capa\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of learn\u00ading lan\u00adguage at the speed of a child. The way kids acquire lan\u00adguage is tru\u00adly mind-blow\u00ading. And not just lan\u00adguage, but even if you go open the cup\u00adboard door\u2014they see some\u00adthing once, and they fig\u00adure out how to do it. The sys\u00adtem that this Google engi\u00adneer was talk\u00ading about, it was giv\u00aden tril\u00adlions of exam\u00adples in order to get some sense of intel\u00adli\u00adgence out of it. It con\u00adsumed ridicu\u00adlous amounts of ener\u00adgy, where\u00adas a lit\u00adtle kid\u2019s brain requires the pow\u00ader of a flash\u00adlight, and it\u2019s able to learn lan\u00adguage. We\u2019re not any\u00adwhere close to that kind of gen\u00ader\u00adal AI.\u201d <em>The inter\u00advie\u00adwee has a PhD in physics and works in AI -<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tomkehler\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tomkehler<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/alperovitch.sais.jhu.edu\/five-days-in-class-with-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Five Days in Class with Chat\u00adG\u00adPT<\/a> (Thomas Rid, The Alper\u00adovitch Insti\u00adtute): \u201cLast week brought two relat\u00aded fea\u00adtures of arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence in edu\u00adca\u00adtion into sharp relief: the first is that all that talk about pla\u00adgia\u00adrism and cheat\u00ading and abuse is unin\u00adspir\u00ading and coun\u00adter\u00adpro\u00adduc\u00adtive. Yes, some unam\u00adbi\u00adtious stu\u00addents will use this new tool to cov\u00ader sub\u00adpar per\u00adfor\u00admance, and yes, we could talk about how to detect or dis\u00adin\u00adcen\u00adtivize such behav\u00adior. The far more inspir\u00ading con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion is a dif\u00adfer\u00adent one: how can the most cre\u00adative, the most ambi\u00adtious, and the most bril\u00adliant stu\u00addents achieve even bet\u00adter results faster?\u201d <em>An engag\u00ading and thought-pro\u00advok\u00ading case study.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/21\/opinion\/aging-climate-change-demographics.html\" target=\"_blank\">Five Rules for an Aging World<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cThere are two kinds of peo\u00adple in the world: Those who believe the defin\u00ading chal\u00adlenge of the 21st cen\u00adtu\u00adry will be cli\u00admate change, and those who know that it will be the birth dearth, the pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion bust, the old age of the world.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2023\/01\/21\/whatever-happened-to-light-verse\/\" target=\"_blank\">What\u00adev\u00ader Hap\u00adpened to Light Verse<\/a>? (Kevin Mims, Quil\u00adlette): \u201cPart of this seems to be due to what has late\u00adly been termed \u2018elite over\u00adpro\u00adduc\u00adtion.\u2019 In pre\u00advi\u00adous eras, much of America\u2019s jour\u00adnal\u00adism, poet\u00adry, and fic\u00adtion were writ\u00adten by peo\u00adple who not only lacked an elite col\u00adlege edu\u00adca\u00adtion, many of them lacked any col\u00adlege edu\u00adca\u00adtion at all. Nei\u00adther Ogden Nash nor Dorothy Park\u00ader earned a col\u00adlege degree (nor, for that mat\u00adter, did Emi\u00adly Dick\u00adin\u00adson, H.D., Robert Frost, and any num\u00adber of oth\u00ader \u2018seri\u00adous\u2019 poets of pre\u00advi\u00adous eras). But for half a cen\u00adtu\u00adry now, most of America\u2019s most promi\u00adnent jour\u00adnal\u00adists, poets, and nov\u00adel\u00adists have been grad\u00adu\u00adates of elite uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties. And, because the lec\u00adture is a pri\u00adma\u00adry method of deliv\u00ader\u00ading edu\u00adca\u00adtion at schools like Har\u00advard and Yale and Stan\u00adford, much con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary jour\u00adnal\u00adism, poet\u00adry, and fic\u00adtion reads like a lec\u00adture.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/samueldjames.substack.com\/p\/has-church-abuse-activism-taken-a\" target=\"_blank\">Has Church Abuse Activism Tak\u00aden a Wrong Turn?<\/a> (Samuel D. James, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cSo why do so few peo\u00adple want to say \u2018evil\u2019 and so many more seem to say \u2018tox\u00adic\u2019? Because the word \u2018evil\u2019 evokes moral absolutes, where\u00adas the word \u2018tox\u00adic\u2019 is impres\u00adsion-cod\u00aded. An evil regime mer\u00adits oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion, even sac\u00adri\u00adfi\u00adcial oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion. A tox\u00adic cul\u00adture mer\u00adits qui\u00adet quit\u00adting and self-care after\u00adwards.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A clus\u00adter of LGBT-relat\u00aded arti\u00adcles I stum\u00adbled upon this week:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The first of two reac\u00adtions to an hon\u00adest con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion about LGBT issues: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/lesprit-descalier-dishcast-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\">L\u2019Esprit d\u2019Escalier, Dish\u00adcast Edi\u00adtion<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cI did not give an argu\u00adment about why the Chris\u00adt\u00adian sex\u00adu\u00adal eth\u00adic is good. I real\u00adize that it\u2019s because for me, it\u2019s total\u00adly a mat\u00adter of obe\u00addi\u00adence. As I\u2019ve explained many times, and did again on Andrew\u2019s show, once I under\u00adstood that my own sex\u00adu\u00adal activ\u00adi\u00adty was the only bar\u00adri\u00ader to accept\u00ading Christ, and once I saw what a mess I was mak\u00ading of my life by stand\u00ading firm for what I believed was my sex\u00adu\u00adal free\u00addom, I knew that I had a choice to make: I could have my sex\u00adu\u00adal free\u00addom, or I could have Christ. Any\u00adthing short of mak\u00ading that sac\u00adri\u00adfice was dis\u00adhon\u00adest.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The oth\u00ader guy\u2019s per\u00adspec\u00adtive (along with fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading com\u00admen\u00adtary from lis\u00adten\u00aders): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/andrewsullivan.substack.com\/p\/rod-dreher-on-his-crises-of-faith?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">Rod Dreher On His Crises Of Faith And Fam\u00adi\u00adly<\/a> (Andrew Sul\u00adli\u00advan, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cHe\u2019s cur\u00adrent\u00adly writ\u00ading a book about bring\u00ading the enchant\u00adment back to Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty in a time of grow\u00ading sec\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adism. He was enchant\u00aded him\u00adself after tak\u00ading LSD in col\u00adlege, putting him on the path to Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty \u2014 some\u00adthing he hasn\u2019t talked about in pub\u00adlic until now. We\u2019ve been spar\u00adring online for a cou\u00adple of decades, while remain\u00ading friends.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/isla-bryson-and-the-madness-of-scotlands-gender-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Isla Bryson\u2019 and the mad\u00adness of Scotland\u2019s gen\u00adder bill <\/a>(Alex Massie, The Spec\u00adta\u00adtor): \u201cMore\u00adover, some 50 per cent of Scot\u00adtish inmates only dis\u00adcov\u00adered their new gen\u00adder iden\u00adti\u00adty after they were charged by police. Bryson now adds to this num\u00adber. This seems dubi\u00adous\u00adly con\u00adve\u00adnient to the point of being sus\u00adpi\u00adcious and it can\u00adnot sen\u00adsi\u00adbly be thought \u2018trans\u00adpho\u00adbic\u2019 to think so. Some\u00adthing is hap\u00adpen\u00ading here, even if it is con\u00adsid\u00adered indeco\u00adrous to spec\u00adu\u00adlate on pre\u00adcise\u00adly what is occur\u00adring.\u2026 Ulti\u00admate\u00adly, this is a dis\u00adagree\u00adment between fan\u00adta\u00adsists and real\u00adists and it is deplorable to realise that the major\u00adi\u00adty of Scot\u00adtish par\u00adlia\u00admen\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adans are signed-up mem\u00adbers of the fan\u00adta\u00adsy club.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/ivan-provorov-jerseys-sell-out-nhl-player-refuses-to-wear-pride-jersey\" target=\"_blank\">Ivan Provorov jer\u00adseys sell out days after NHL play\u00ader refus\u00ades to wear LGBT pride jer\u00adsey<\/a> (Luke Gen\u00adtile, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Exam\u00adin\u00ader): \u201cJer\u00adseys for Philadel\u00adphia Fly\u00aders defense\u00adman Ivan Provorov have sold out online days after the 26-year-old refused to wear a gay pride-themed jer\u00adsey for reli\u00adgious rea\u00adsons. Both NHL Shop and Fanat\u00adics have list\u00aded Provorov\u2019s jer\u00adseys as \u2018almost gone,\u2019 and there are no longer any men\u2019s jer\u00adseys with his name and num\u00adber avail\u00adable. On Fanat\u00adics, the defense\u00adman is list\u00aded as hav\u00ading the most pop\u00adu\u00adlar men\u2019s jer\u00adsey, wom\u00aden\u2019s jer\u00adsey, and sweat\u00adshirt, and his Brand\u00aded Backer shirt is being adver\u00adtised as the most pop\u00adu\u00adlar sell\u00ader relat\u00aded to the Philadel\u00adphia Fly\u00aders, accord\u00ading to the online store.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www-tandfonline-com.stanford.idm.oclc.org\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/0092623X.2022.2150346\" target=\"_blank\">The Myth of \u201cReli\u00adable Research\u201d in Pedi\u00adatric Gen\u00adder Med\u00adi\u00adcine: A crit\u00adi\u00adcal eval\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion of the Dutch Studies\u2014and research that has fol\u00adlowed<\/a> (Abbruzzese, Levine &amp; Mason, Jour\u00adnal of Sex &amp; Mar\u00adi\u00adtal Ther\u00ada\u00adpy): \u201cOur analy\u00adsis of the Dutch pro\u00adto\u00adcol has been writ\u00adten with three goals in mind. <em>First<\/em>, we want\u00aded to defin\u00adi\u00adtive\u00adly refute the claims that the foun\u00adda\u00adtion\u00adal Dutch research rep\u00adre\u00adsents \u2018sol\u00adid prospec\u00adtive research\u2019 that pro\u00advides reli\u00adable evi\u00addence of net ben\u00ade\u00adfits of youth gen\u00adder tran\u00adsi\u00adtion. In fact, it is much bet\u00adter described as case series\u2014one of the low\u00adest lev\u00adels of evi\u00addence avail\u00adable (Dekkers et al., 2012, Math\u00ades &amp; Pieper, 2017). <em>Sec\u00adond<\/em>, we aimed to demon\u00adstrate that the type of non-com\u00adpar\u00ada\u00adtive, short-term research that the gen\u00adder med\u00adi\u00adcine estab\u00adlish\u00adment con\u00adtin\u00adues to pur\u00adsue is inca\u00adpable of gen\u00ader\u00adat\u00ading reli\u00adable infor\u00adma\u00adtion. And <em>third and most impor\u00adtant\u00adly<\/em>, we want\u00aded to remind the med\u00adical com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty that med\u00adi\u00adcine is a dou\u00adble-edged sword capa\u00adble of both much good and much harm. The bur\u00adden of proof\u2014demonstrating that a treat\u00adment does more good than harm\u2014is <em>on those pro\u00admot\u00ading the inter\u00adven\u00adtion<\/em>, not on those con\u00adcerned about the harms.\u201d <em>I am sure there will be arti\u00adcles cri\u00adtiquing this in com\u00ading days, but wow. The authors did not come to play.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/you-dont-want-a-purely-biological?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">You Don\u2019t Want A Pure\u00adly Bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal, Apo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal Tax\u00adon\u00ado\u00admy Of Men\u00adtal Dis\u00ador\u00adders<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Astral Codex Ten):&nbsp; \u201cThe peo\u00adple ask\u00ading for apo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal tax\u00adonomies want an inco\u00adher\u00adent thing. They want some\u00adthing which doesn\u2019t think about pol\u00adi\u00adtics at all, <em>and which simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly is more polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly cor\u00adrect than any oth\u00ader tax\u00adon\u00ado\u00admy. <\/em>Or if \u2018polit\u00adi\u00adcal cor\u00adrect\u00adness\u2019 sounds too dis\u00admis\u00adsive, we can rephrase it as: \u2018they want some\u00adthing that doesn\u2019t think about ethics and prac\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adi\u00adty at all, but which is simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly more eth\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly cor\u00adrect and prag\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly cor\u00adrect than oth\u00ader tax\u00adonomies\u2019.\u201d <em>Super spicy, short, and says things out loud which most peo\u00adple avoid.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creators.com\/read\/dennis-prager\/01\/23\/whos-more-irrational-the-religious-or-the-irreligious\" target=\"_blank\">Who\u2019s More Irra\u00adtional \u2014 The Reli\u00adgious or the Irre\u00adli\u00adgious<\/a>? (Den\u00adnis Prager, syn\u00addi\u00adcat\u00aded col\u00adumn): \u201cThe truth is that today the sec\u00adu\u00adlar have a vir\u00adtu\u00adal monop\u00adoly on irra\u00adtional beliefs. One proof is that col\u00adleges have become the most irra\u00adtional insti\u00adtu\u00adtions in the coun\u00adtry. Not coin\u00adci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly, they are also the most sec\u00adu\u00adlar insti\u00adtu\u00adtions in our soci\u00adety. In fact, the for\u00admer is a result of the lat\u00adter.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/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=\"simple-list wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TC8uCN8rRts\" target=\"_blank\">When Your Rock Band Does\u00adn\u2019t Make It Big<\/a> (Jere\u00admy Alder, YouTube): six min\u00adutes of gen\u00aduine fun\u00adny<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FF7sgn5f158\" target=\"_blank\">Church\u00ades Love Doing This To Their Drum\u00admer<\/a> (Jon\u00adnie W, YouTube): four min\u00adutes, rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by Paula<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pastorjgkell\/status\/1616509308820197376\" target=\"_blank\">The Apos\u00adtles<\/a> (Twit\u00adter video)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YourCalvinist\/status\/1616594178338701312\" target=\"_blank\">The Denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtions Go Shoot\u00ading<\/a> (Twit\u00adter video)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-pops-car-hood-thus-exhausting-his-knowledge-of-how-cars-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man Pops Car Hood, Thus Exhaust\u00ading His Knowl\u00adedge Of How Cars Work<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-a4TTtq702A\" target=\"_blank\">Is Lee Mack a World Record Hold\u00ading Darts Play\u00ader?<\/a> (Would I Lie To You?, YouTube): four min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2023-01-24\" target=\"_blank\">Who You Mar\u00adry<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IdPTurhb9Hk\" target=\"_blank\">Jo De Rijck returns with a mind read\u00ading Dol\u00adphin!<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): ten min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/textsfromsuperheroes.com\/post\/707472615322845184\/murder\" target=\"_blank\">Bat\u00adman<\/a> (Texts From Super\u00adheroes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2023-01-26\" target=\"_blank\">Insta\u00adgram Nar\u00adcis\u00adsist<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li>\n<\/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:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8fGe-CPWZlE\" target=\"_blank\">The Church Forests of Ethiopia<\/a> (YouTube): nine min\u00adutes. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/the-amazing-church-forests-of-ethiopia\/\" target=\"_blank\">This com\u00admen\u00adtary by Rod Dreher<\/a> was what brought the video to my atten\u00adtion. Watch the video before you read the com\u00admen\u00adtary. These forests are a beau\u00adti\u00adful pic\u00adture of the way the Church bless\u00ades the world around it, and what the Church must do to thrive in the envi\u00adron\u00adment we find our\u00adselves in. From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/08\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-262\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 262<\/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:\/\/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 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. This is vol\u00adume 387, which I learned today is the low\u00adest num\u00adber with a sort-then-add per\u00adsis\u00adtence of 10, \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/01\/27\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-387\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 387\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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Exceptionally rich reading this week (and the amusing stuff at the end is better than normal, too).","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[313,219,319,113,325,138,257],"class_list":["post-7116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-abuse","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-england","tag-lgbtq","tag-poetry","tag-religious-freedom","tag-secularism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1QM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7116"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7122,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7116\/revisions\/7122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}