{"id":7159,"date":"2023-03-17T22:01:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T05:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7159"},"modified":"2023-03-17T22:01:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T05:01:43","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-394","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/03\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-394","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 394"},"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 394, which is a <a href=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/SchroederNumber.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/SchroederNumber.html\">Schr\u00f6der Num\u00adber<\/a> (some\u00adthing which I did not pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly know exist\u00aded).<\/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>Stan\u00adford-relat\u00aded\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2023\/03\/15\/woman-charged-with-lying-about-stanford-university-rapes-that-shook-campus\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Employ\u00adee charged with lying about Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty rapes that shook cam\u00adpus<\/a> (Robert Salon\u00adga and Jakob Rodgers, San Jose Mer\u00adcury News): \u201cA Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty employ\u00adee who author\u00adi\u00adties say twice report\u00aded last year that she was vicious\u00adly dragged out of sight on cam\u00adpus and raped \u2014 touch\u00ading off pan\u00adic about a ser\u00adi\u00adal preda\u00adtor \u2014 is now accused of fab\u00adri\u00adcat\u00ading the claims as part of a revenge plot against a co-work\u00ader.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This whole thing is so nuts on so many lev\u00adels. This was by far the most shock\u00ading thing I read this week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2023\/03\/11\/law-school-activists-protest-judge-kyle-duncans-visit-to-campus\/?utm_campaign=digest&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=mailchimp&amp;utm_content=Mar-13-2023?utm_campaign=digest&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=mailchimp&amp;utm_content=Mar-13-2023\" target=\"_blank\">Law School activists protest Judge Kyle Duncan\u2019s vis\u00adit to cam\u00adpus<\/a> (Gre\u00adta Reich, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cIn his open\u00ading remarks, Dun\u00adcan addressed these posters and chants. \u2018I\u2019m not blind \u2014 I can see this out\u00adpour\u00ading of con\u00adtempt,\u2019 Dun\u00adcan said. With audi\u00adence inter\u00adrup\u00adtions con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ading through\u00adout the speech, he lat\u00ader said \u2018In this school, the inmates have got\u00adten con\u00adtrol of the asy\u00adlum.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2023\/03\/12\/president-law-school-dean-apologize-to-judge-kyle-duncan-for-disruption-to-his-speech\/?utm_campaign=digest&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=mailchimp&amp;utm_content=Mar-13-2023?utm_campaign=digest&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=mailchimp&amp;utm_content=Mar-13-2023\" target=\"_blank\">Pres\u00adi\u00addent, law school dean apol\u00ado\u00adgize to Judge Kyle Dun\u00adcan for \u2018dis\u00adrup\u00adtion\u2019 to his speech<\/a> (Gre\u00adta Reich, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cTessier-Lav\u00adi\u00adgne and Mar\u00adtinez apol\u00ado\u00adgized for this inci\u00addent, writ\u00ading, \u2018Staff mem\u00adbers who should have enforced uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty poli\u00adcies failed to do so, and instead inter\u00advened in inap\u00adpro\u00adpri\u00adate ways that are not aligned with the university\u2019s com\u00admit\u00adment to free speech.\u2019 The let\u00adter ends with a promise to pre\u00advent sim\u00adi\u00adlar inci\u00addents from hap\u00adpen\u00ading in the future.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/student-activists-target-stanford-law-school-dean-in-revolt-over-her-apology\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stu\u00addent Activists Tar\u00adget Stan\u00adford Law School Dean in Revolt Over Her Apol\u00ado\u00adgy<\/a> (Aaron Sibar\u00adi\u00adum, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Free Bea\u00adcon): \u201c[The protest against the Dean] was even larg\u00ader than the one that dis\u00adrupt\u00aded Duncan\u2019s talk, and came on the heels of state\u00adments from at least three stu\u00addent groups rebuk\u00ading Martinez\u2019s apol\u00ado\u00adgy. The Stan\u00adford Nation\u00adal Lawyers Guild said Sat\u00adur\u00adday that Mar\u00adtinez had thrown \u2018capa\u00adble and com\u00adpas\u00adsion\u00adate admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors\u2019 under the bus. The law school\u2019s Immi\u00adgra\u00adtion &amp; Human Rights Law Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion issued a sim\u00adi\u00adlar dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion on Sun\u00adday, writ\u00ading to its mail\u00ading list that Stanford\u2019s apol\u00ado\u00adgy to Dun\u00adcan \u2018has only made this sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion worse.\u2019 And Stan\u00adford Law School\u2019s chap\u00adter of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion Soci\u00adety expressed out\u00adrage that Mar\u00adtinez and Tessier-Lav\u00adi\u00adgne had framed Dun\u00adcan \u2018as a vic\u00adtim, when in fact he him\u00adself had made civ\u00adil dia\u00adlogue impos\u00adsi\u00adble.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/popehat.substack.com\/p\/hating-everyone-everywhere-all-at\" target=\"_blank\">Hat\u00ading Every\u00adone Every\u00adwhere All At Once At Stan\u00adford<\/a> (Ken White, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cStu\u00addents think that they should be able to dic\u00adtate which speak\u00aders their peers invite, who can speak, what they can say, and who can lis\u00adten. They\u2019re not sat\u00adis\u00adfied with the most free-speech-excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adist sys\u00adtem in the world that lets them respond to speech by assem\u00adbling, protest\u00ading, and revil\u00ading peo\u00adple of author\u00adi\u00adty like Judge Dun\u00adcan. They demand the right not just to speak, but to con\u00adtrol the speech of oth\u00aders. That\u2019s straight-up thug\u00adgish, an aspi\u00adra\u00adtion born of a fas\u00adcist soul. These are law stu\u00addents. They are train\u00ading to express them\u00adselves for a liv\u00ading. If their view is \u2018we can\u2019t respond to awful speech, we can only stop it from hap\u00adpen\u00ading,\u2019 then they\u2019re going to be ter\u00adri\u00adble lawyers.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/roddreher.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-us-judge-kyle-duncan-interview?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">EXCLUSIVE: US Judge Kyle Dun\u00adcan Inter\u00adview<\/a> (Rod Dreher, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe attack was inti\u00admate\u00adly per\u00adson\u00adal and, frankly, dis\u00adgust\u00ading. If I talked to a dog the way those stu\u00addents talked to me, I\u2019d feel ashamed. (Actu\u00adal\u00adly, there was a dog there, with paint on its fur in what is evi\u00addent\u00adly one ver\u00adsion of a trans\u00adgen\u00adder flag. But I don\u2019t blame the dog).\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/14\/magazine\/black-evangelicals.html?unlocked_article_code=r5VTj3373FEm_LuSPtFn1WWCBbccOMF_-6OWvJcuvfGbzatRR6cfKmx4fGSgVBt_z0Y3QKdqQ87rl0LEvqXsDHy6ls-wer5zMadWlYYoE_Nf4vmoVCXgOQOmzcr91bvT5KGHHGeDd2wtrNbn3Fgm4Um96rE64yvSjEPzq2mxeDNkZYlcuMSuOQUcnPrkq9eBBL7zsLNP45R134orQB-ASJKd_W-wHBUFjggFJMpYGXf0z0rmoJYooKCXdMxvGQ7al1jrreNQ_mscl0lr6SKJZpAqBVl4pXSICRabvhOoLUcDdwz1HLNcJ2zY-TJGFRaz6q2L_6B6ezTRDIY_dg&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\">Black, Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal and Torn<\/a> (Caleb Gayle, New York Times): \u201cWhile start\u00ading out in the S.B.C. as a Black pas\u00adtor may appear to be a fric\u00adtion\u00adless choice, for some\u00adone like McKissic, as his expe\u00adri\u00adence sug\u00adgests, con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ading to remain with\u00adin the fold as a Black pas\u00adtor can amount to find\u00ading enough tech\u00adni\u00adcal\u00adi\u00adties to stay.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I have unlocked the pay\u00adwall on this arti\u00adcle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AI-relat\u00aded\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2023\/03\/06\/can-ai-treat-mental-illness\" target=\"_blank\">Can A.I. Treat Men\u00adtal Ill\u00adness<\/a>? (Dhruv Khullar): \u201cI signed up for Woe\u00adbot, and dis\u00adcov\u00adered that using the app could feel cen\u00adter\u00ading\u2026&nbsp; Once, I told Woe\u00adbot that I was feel\u00ading anx\u00adious about work. \u2018Anx\u00adi\u00adety can be a real mon\u00adster to han\u00addle,\u2019 it wrote back. \u2018I\u2019m sor\u00adry that you\u2019re deal\u00ading with it.\u2019 Woe\u00adbot gen\u00adtly us inquired whether I want\u00aded to work&nbsp; through my prob\u00adlem togeth\u00ader, then asked, \u2018Do you think this anx\u00adi\u00adety might be serv\u00ading you in some way?\u2019 It point\u00aded out that stress has its ben\u00ade\u00adfits: it could moti\u00advate the some\u00adone to work hard\u00ader.\u2026 I knew that I was talk\u00ading to a com\u00adput\u00ader, but in a way I didn\u2019t mind. The app became a vehi\u00adcle for me to artic\u00adu\u00adlate and exam\u00adine my own thoughts. I was talk\u00ading to myself.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I high\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend this arti\u00adcle. It touch\u00ades on men\u00adtal health and sui\u00adcide, dif\u00adfer\u00adent styles of ther\u00ada\u00adpy, and online chat\u00adbots as ther\u00ada\u00adpists (Psy\u00adchG\u00adPT). Fun\u00adni\u00adly enough, the ini\u00adtial cre\u00adator doesn\u2019t even agree with A.I. as a mode of ther\u00ada\u00adpy. The arti\u00adcle also has some play\u00adful Gen X humor!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/12\/opinion\/chatbots-artificial-intelligence-future-weirdness.html\" target=\"_blank\">This Changes Every\u00adthing<\/a> (Ezra Klein, New York Times): \u201c\u2026\u2018as A.I. con\u00adtin\u00adues to blow past us in bench\u00admark after bench\u00admark of high\u00ader cog\u00adni\u00adtion, we quell our anx\u00adi\u00adety by insist\u00ading that what dis\u00adtin\u00adguish\u00ades true con\u00adscious\u00adness is emo\u00adtions, per\u00adcep\u00adtion, the abil\u00adi\u00adty to expe\u00adri\u00adence and feel: the qual\u00adi\u00adties, in oth\u00ader words, that we share with ani\u00admals.\u2019 This is an inver\u00adsion of cen\u00adturies of thought, O\u2019Gieblyn notes, in which human\u00adi\u00adty jus\u00adti\u00adfied its own dom\u00adi\u00adnance by empha\u00adsiz\u00ading our cog\u00adni\u00adtive unique\u00adness. We may soon find our\u00adselves tak\u00ading meta\u00adphys\u00adi\u00adcal shel\u00adter in the sub\u00adjec\u00adtive expe\u00adri\u00adence of con\u00adscious\u00adness: the qual\u00adi\u00adties we share with ani\u00admals but not, so far, with A.I.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/3\/15\/23640180\/openai-gpt-4-launch-closed-research-ilya-sutskever-interview\" target=\"_blank\">Ope\u00adnAI co-founder on company\u2019s past approach to open\u00adly shar\u00ading research: \u2018We were wrong\u2019<\/a> (James Vin\u00adcent, The Verge): \u201cWhen asked why Ope\u00adnAI changed its approach to shar\u00ading its research, Sutskev\u00ader replied sim\u00adply, \u2018We were wrong. Flat out, we were wrong. If you believe, as we do, that at some point, AI \u2014 A<em>G<\/em>I \u2014 is going to be extreme\u00adly, unbe\u00adliev\u00adably potent, then it just does not make sense to open-source. It is a bad idea\u2026 I ful\u00adly expect that in a few years it\u2019s going to be com\u00adplete\u00adly obvi\u00adous to every\u00adone that open-sourc\u00ading AI is just not wise.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/freddiedeboer.substack.com\/p\/review-the-best-minds-by-jonathan?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">Review: The Best Minds, by Jonathan Rosen<\/a> (Fred\u00addie deBoer, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cHe fin\u00adished his under\u00adgrad\u00adu\u00adate edu\u00adca\u00adtion at Yale in three years, then got a job with the pres\u00adti\u00adgious (and well-remu\u00adner\u00ada\u00adtive) finan\u00adcial firm Bain Cap\u00adi\u00adtal. But in his ear\u00adly 20s, Lau\u00addor was beset by hal\u00adlu\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtions and para\u00adnoia, expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading some\u00adtimes-vio\u00adlent delu\u00adsions that fright\u00adened his devot\u00aded par\u00adents. He was diag\u00adnosed with schiz\u00ado\u00adphre\u00adnia and spent eight months in a psy\u00adchi\u00adatric facil\u00adi\u00adty. Unde\u00adterred, he emerged to attend Yale Law School, where he became a favorite of the dean and cham\u00adpi\u00adoned by the fac\u00adul\u00adty. He was pro\u00adfiled in a glow\u00ading <em>New York Times <\/em>piece that rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded his resilience as a sym\u00adbol for the men\u00adtal\u00adly ill every\u00adwhere.\u2026 Then he hacked his preg\u00adnant girl\u00adfriend to death with a kitchen knife.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This book review is engross\u00ading and full of sub\u00adstance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2022\/stuart-schmill-sat-act-requirement-0328\" target=\"_blank\">Q&amp;A: Stu\u00adart Schmill on MIT\u2019s deci\u00adsion to rein\u00adstate the SAT\/ACT require\u00adment<\/a> (Kathy Wren, MIT News): \u201cIt turns out the short\u00adest path for many stu\u00addents to demon\u00adstrate suf\u00adfi\u00adcient prepa\u00adra\u00adtion \u2014 par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly for stu\u00addents with less access to edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal cap\u00adi\u00adtal \u2014 is through the SAT\/ACT, because most stu\u00addents can study for these exams using free tools at Khan Acad\u00ade\u00admy, but they (usu\u00adal\u00adly) can\u2019t force their high school to offer advanced cal\u00adcu\u00adlus cours\u00ades, for exam\u00adple. So, the SAT\/ACT can actu\u00adal\u00adly open the door to MIT for these stu\u00addents, too.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/freddiedeboer.substack.com\/p\/of-course-you-know-what-woke-means\" target=\"_blank\">Of Course You Know What \u201cWoke\u201d Means<\/a> (Fred\u00addie deBoer, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cAs I have said many times, I don\u2019t like using the term \u2018woke\u2019 myself, not with\u00adout qual\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion or quo\u00adta\u00adtion marks. It\u2019s too much of a cul\u00adture war pin\u00adball and now deemed too pejo\u00adra\u00adtive to be use\u00adful. I much, much pre\u00adfer the term \u2018social jus\u00adtice pol\u00adi\u00adtics\u2019 to refer to the school of pol\u00adi\u00adtics that is typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly referred to as woke, out of a desire to be neu\u00adtral in ter\u00admi\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy. How\u00adev\u00ader: there <em>is <\/em>such a school of pol\u00adi\u00adtics, it\u2019s absurd that so many peo\u00adple pre\u00adtend not to know what woke means, and the prob\u00adlem could be eas\u00adi\u00adly solved if peo\u00adple who sup\u00adport woke pol\u00adi\u00adtics would adopt a name for oth\u00aders to use.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2023\/march\/evangelical-reputation-negative-us-survey-religious-groups-.html\" target=\"_blank\">Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals Are the Most Beloved US Faith Group Among Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnut, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cIn a Pew Research Cen\u00adter report released Wednes\u00adday, 27 per\u00adcent of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans expressed an unfa\u00advor\u00adable view of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals, com\u00adpared to 10 per\u00adcent who have a neg\u00ada\u00adtive view of main\u00adline Protes\u00adtants or 18 per\u00adcent who have a neg\u00ada\u00adtive view of Catholics. About as many have a favor\u00adable approach to evangelicals\u201428 percent\u2014but that\u2019s most\u00adly due to pos\u00adi\u00adtive sen\u00adti\u00adment from Amer\u00adi\u00adcan evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals them\u00adselves, about a quar\u00adter of the pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion.\u2026 (The worst rat\u00adings, though, went to Jehovah\u2019s Wit\u00adness\u00ades, Sci\u00aden\u00adtol\u00adogy, and Satanism.)\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Demog\u00adra\u00adph\u00ader Lyman Stone <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lymanstoneky\/status\/1636466908214992917\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lymanstoneky\/status\/1636466908214992917\">respond\u00aded to the sur\u00advey results on Twit\u00adter<\/a> with \u201cThe group most hat\u00aded in Amer\u00adi\u00adca by peo\u00adple who aren\u2019t mem\u00adbers of it is.\u2026 evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Chris\u00adtians. More than Jews, athe\u00adists, or Mor\u00admons, we are hat\u00aded by our neigh\u00adbors. We have legit\u00adi\u00admate grounds to believe we are expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion. and nobody has more neg\u00ada\u00adtive and hos\u00adtile atti\u00adtudes towards their out\u00adgrap [sic] than athe\u00adists. the only peo\u00adple athe\u00adists don\u2019t hate are Jews, and even then they\u2019re the most luke\u00adwarm on Jews of any group. athe\u00adists: con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ading a sto\u00adried tra\u00addi\u00adtion of being angry all the time at every\u00adone\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His Twit\u00adter account is cur\u00adrent\u00adly set to pri\u00advate because of all the blow\u00adback he got, but he says will take it pub\u00adlic again and this thread will be well worth read\u00ading \u2014 his crit\u00adics take some shots at him and he shoots back very effec\u00adtive\u00adly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KQLfgaUoQCw\" target=\"_blank\">St. Patrick\u00ad\u2019s Bad Analo\u00adgies<\/a> (Luther\u00adan Satire, YouTube): four min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wHr02U1OYVk\" target=\"_blank\">St. Patrick: The Musi\u00adcal<\/a> (Luther\u00adan Satire, YouTube): six min\u00adutes (an alum\u00adnus remind\u00aded me to share these delight\u00adful videos)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YourCalvinist\/status\/1634594864435281924\" target=\"_blank\">The Denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtions Order Chick\u00aden Wings<\/a> (Twit\u00adter): this guy keeps run\u00adning the same shtick and I keep laugh\u00ading at it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/offensive-ai\" target=\"_blank\">Offen\u00adsive AI<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/03\/13\" target=\"_blank\">Dance<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/comics\/comments\/11rg9pb\/internet_disagreements\/\" target=\"_blank\">Inter\u00adnet Dis\u00adagree\u00adments<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/swordscomic.com\/comic\/DCCII\/\" target=\"_blank\">Duel Intent<\/a> (Swords) \u2014 not all the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal fights are about the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-who-feels-terrible-begins-exercising-so-he-can-feel-a-different-kind-of-terrible\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man Who Feels Ter\u00adri\u00adble Begins Exer\u00adcis\u00ading So He Can Feel A Dif\u00adfer\u00adent Kind Of Ter\u00adri\u00adble<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/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:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/13\/handmaid-reality-deeply-religious-marriages-have-more-spousal-equality\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Hand\u00admaid\u2019 real\u00adi\u00adty: Deeply reli\u00adgious mar\u00adriages have more spousal equal\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Nao\u00admi Schae\u00adfer Riley &amp; Hal Boyd, New York Post): \u201cReli\u00adgious, home-wor\u00adship\u00adping cou\u00adples also report greater rela\u00adtion\u00adship qual\u00adi\u00adty and sta\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, and they are three times more like\u00adly than less-reli\u00adgious peers to report a sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly sat\u00adis\u00adfy\u00ading rela\u00adtion\u00adship. The women don\u2019t appear to be repressed; in fact, they\u2019re gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly more like\u00adly to say they\u2019re hap\u00adpy and that their life has mean\u00ading and pur\u00adpose.\u201d And yet again research con\u00adfirms Bib\u00adli\u00adcal pre\u00adcepts. Allow me to take his oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to offer a friend\u00adly pas\u00adtoral reminder to mar\u00adry anoth\u00ader Chris\u00adt\u00adian, should you mar\u00adry. From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/10\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-272\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 272<\/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 394, which is a Schr\u00f6der Num\u00adber (some\u00adthing which I did not pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly know exist\u00aded). Things \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/03\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-394\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 394\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":"A lot of craziness at Stanford, plus other things because the world does not revolve around Stanford.","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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-of-random-interest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1Rt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7159","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=7159"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7162,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7159\/revisions\/7162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}