{"id":7412,"date":"2024-04-05T21:16:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T04:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7412"},"modified":"2024-04-05T21:16:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T04:16:36","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-447","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/04\/05\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-447","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 447"},"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 447, which I kin\u00adda hoped would be prime. Alas, 447 = 3 \u00c2\u00b7 149.<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/michaeljkruger.com\/one-of-the-most-overlooked-arguments-for-the-resurrection-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">One of the Most Over\u00adlooked Argu\u00adments for the Res\u00adur\u00adrec\u00adtion<\/a> (Michael J. Kruger, blog): \u201c\u2026<em>the ear\u00adli\u00adest Chris\u00adtians came to believe, against all odds and against all expec\u00adta\u00adtions, that Jesus of Nazareth had been raised from the dead<\/em>. Notice the dis\u00adtinc\u00adtive nature of this claim. The claim is not that Jesus rose from the dead (though, I think he did). The claim is that the ear\u00adli\u00adest fol\u00adlow\u00aders of Jesus <em>came to believe<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand very strong\u00adly believe\u00e2\u20ac\u201d that he did. And that is a whol\u00adly oth\u00ader mat\u00adter. Why? Because it is a his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal fact that is not dis\u00adput\u00aded.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/03\/opinion\/sex-assigned-at-birth.html?ugrp=u&amp;unlocked_article_code=1.hk0.jv6K.LWqdgDL1TQ1Y&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Prob\u00adlem With Say\u00ading \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSex Assigned at Birth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a> (Alex Byrne and Car\u00adole K. Hooven, New York Times): \u201cSexed organ\u00adisms were present on Earth at least a bil\u00adlion years ago, and males and females would have been around even if humans had nev\u00ader evolved. Sex is not in any sense the result of lin\u00adguis\u00adtic cer\u00ade\u00admonies in the deliv\u00adery room or oth\u00ader cul\u00adtur\u00adal prac\u00adtices. Lone\u00adsome George, the long-lived Gal\u00c3\u00a1pagos giant tor\u00adtoise, was male. He was not assigned male at birth \u00e2\u20ac\u201d or rather, in George\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s case, at hatch\u00ading. A baby aban\u00addoned at birth may not have been assigned male or female by any\u00adone, yet the baby still has a sex. Despite the con\u00adfu\u00adsion sown by some schol\u00adars, we can be con\u00adfi\u00addent that the sex bina\u00adry is not a human inven\u00adtion.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One author is a philoso\u00adpher at MIT, the oth\u00ader an evo\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adary biol\u00ado\u00adgist at Har\u00advard. Unlocked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rival per\u00adspec\u00adtives on the war between Israel and Hamas\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGHamilton29\/status\/1775980849944539391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGHamilton29\/status\/1775980849944539391<\/a> (Cole\u00adman Hugh\u00ades, Twit\u00adter): a two and a half minute video sym\u00adpa\u00adthet\u00adic to Israel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/andrewsullivan.substack.com\/p\/bomb-first-ask-questions-later-2ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bomb First, Ask Ques\u00adtions Lat\u00ader<\/a> (Andrew Sul\u00adli\u00advan, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cTo hit one car is a mis\u00adfor\u00adtune; to destroy three cars con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive\u00adly on a <em>pre-approved<\/em> route, not so much. The cars were clear\u00adly marked and in a decon\u00adflic\u00adtion zone \u00e2\u20ac\u201d but the IDF pol\u00adi\u00adcy is to tar\u00adget any\u00adwhere Hamas could be present, even if some civil\u00adians were killed. As we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see, one dead Hamas mem\u00adber and sev\u00aden dead civil\u00adians was well with\u00adin the mar\u00adgin of error Israel had set for itself. So it appears they method\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly took out each car to make sure they fin\u00adished the job. No, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe that Israel delib\u00ader\u00adate\u00adly mur\u00addered the aid work\u00aders; but I do think that, in con\u00adtext, the IDF\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s effec\u00adtive rules of engage\u00adment \u00e2\u20ac\u201d strike places like hos\u00adpi\u00adtals and schools because Hamas is there, even though there will be many civil\u00adian casu\u00adal\u00adties \u00e2\u20ac\u201d made this kind of indif\u00adfer\u00adence to human life pos\u00adsi\u00adble.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/01\/us\/politics\/trump-2024-religion.html?ugrp=u&amp;unlocked_article_code=1.hE0.KWN1.jVnN6vznp8j4&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Church of Trump: How He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Infus\u00ading Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Into His Move\u00adment<\/a> (Michael C. Ben\u00adder, New York Times): \u201cThe appar\u00adent effec\u00adtive\u00adness of such tac\u00adtics has made Mr. Trump the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first major politi\u00adcian to suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly sep\u00ada\u00adrate char\u00adac\u00adter from pol\u00adi\u00adcy for reli\u00adgious vot\u00aders, said John Fea, a his\u00adto\u00adry pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Mes\u00adsi\u00adah Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, an evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal school in Penn\u00adsyl\u00adva\u00adnia. \u2018Trump has split the atom between char\u00adac\u00adter and pol\u00adi\u00adcy,\u2019 Mr. Fea said. \u2018He did it because he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s real\u00adly the first one to lis\u00adten to their griev\u00adances and take them seri\u00adous\u00adly. Does he real\u00adly care about evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals? I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know. But he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s built a mes\u00adsage to appeal direct\u00adly to them.\u2018\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/age-gap-relationships-marriage-younger-women-older-man.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Case for Mar\u00adry\u00ading an Old\u00ader Man<\/a> (Gra\u00adzie Sophia Christie, The Cut): \u201cVery soon, we will decide to have chil\u00addren, and I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t pan\u00adic over last gasps of fun, because I took so many big breaths of it ear\u00adly: on the hol\u00adi\u00addays of some\u00adone who had worked a decade longer than I had, in beau\u00adti\u00adful places when I was young and beau\u00adti\u00adful, a sym\u00adme\u00adtry I rec\u00adom\u00admend. If such a thing as mater\u00adnal ener\u00adgy exists, mine was nev\u00ader deplet\u00aded. I spent the last near\u00adly sev\u00aden years sup\u00adport\u00aded more than I sup\u00adport and I am still not as old as my hus\u00adband was when he met me. When I have a child, I will expect more help from him than I would if he were younger, for what does pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal tenure earn you if not the right to set more lim\u00adits on work demands \u00e2\u20ac\u201d or, if not, to secure some child care, at the very least?\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A well-writ\u00adten and unusu\u00adal posi\u00adtion. Not the only path to con\u00adsid\u00ader, but cer\u00adtain\u00adly a path to con\u00adsid\u00ader.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-04-breakthrough-prime-theory-primes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Break\u00adthrough in prime num\u00adber the\u00ado\u00adry demon\u00adstrates primes can be pre\u00addict\u00aded<\/a> (Michael Gibb, Phys.org): \u201cCon\u00adtrary to what just about every math\u00ade\u00admati\u00adcian on Earth will tell you, prime num\u00adbers can be pre\u00addict\u00aded, accord\u00ading to researchers at City Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Hong Kong (CityUHK) and North Car\u00adoli\u00adna State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, U.S.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The work\u00ading paper is <code>Han-Lin Li et al, The Periodic Table of Primes, <em>SSRN Electronic Journal<\/em> (2024). DOI: 10.2139\/ssrn.4742238<\/code> check it at <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4742238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4742238<\/a> \u2014 if it holds up this is sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphsaboutreligion.com\/p\/are-members-of-the-clergy-miserable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Are Mem\u00adbers of the Cler\u00adgy Mis\u00ader\u00adable?<\/a> (Ryan Burge, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI real\u00adly want\u00aded to key in on a few ques\u00adtions about job\/life sat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion. The sur\u00advey repli\u00adcates a ques\u00adtion from \u2018The Sat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion with Life Scale.\u2019 The state\u00adment is sim\u00adply: In most ways my life is close to my ide\u00adal.\u2026 The mean score for this was 5.6 in the cler\u00adgy sam\u00adple. Among mem\u00adbers of Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Defense Force it was 4.7, among some uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty stu\u00addents it was found to 5.23. Among nurs\u00ades it was 3.81. In a sam\u00adple of peo\u00adple liv\u00ading in Colom\u00adbia it was only 3.67. <strong>The long and short of it was this \u2014 I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find anoth\u00ader pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion group that scores high\u00ader on this met\u00adric than cler\u00adgy.\u2026 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m pret\u00adty con\u00adfi\u00addent in say\u00ading that cler\u00adgy seemed pret\u00adty con\u00adtent with their sta\u00adtion in life (or at least this was the case before the pan\u00addem\u00adic).\u201d<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Maybe laypeo\u00adple don\u2019t hear this very often, but I am often in cir\u00adcles where they talk about an epi\u00addem\u00adic of min\u00adis\u00adte\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal dis\u00adsat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion. But I\u2019ve nev\u00ader seen it. I love my job and pret\u00adty much all my peers do, too. What we do is amaz\u00ading. I\u2019m glad to see a schol\u00adar vin\u00addi\u00adcat\u00ading my intu\u00adition.<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=20TAkcy3aBY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jon Stew\u00adart On The False Promis\u00ades of AI<\/a> (The Dai\u00adly Show, YouTube): fif\u00adteen min\u00adutes, at times quite amus\u00ading<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vuwG8zh9GWc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rod Butch\u2019s Debate Tac\u00adtics!!!!!!!!<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): two and a half min\u00adutes, kin\u00adda par\u00adti\u00adsan but most\u00adly absurd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I agree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I dis\u00adagree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d until I can say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I under\u00adstand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m 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 447, which I kin\u00adda hoped would be prime. Alas, 447 = 3 \u00c2\u00b7 149. 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