{"id":7448,"date":"2024-05-24T13:36:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T20:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7448"},"modified":"2024-05-24T13:36:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T20:36:31","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-454","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/05\/24\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-454","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 454"},"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><br><br>    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 454, a num\u00adber whose sym\u00adme\u00adtry pleas\u00ades me.<\/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:\/\/www.graphsaboutreligion.com\/p\/the-nones-have-hit-a-ceiling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Nones Have Hit a Ceil\u00ading<\/a> (Ryan Burge, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe rise of the nones may be large\u00adly over now. At least it won\u2019t be increas\u00ading in the same way that it did in the pri\u00ador thir\u00adty years. Of course, the ques\u00adtion is why? I don\u2019t know if I have a bul\u00adlet\u00adproof answer. I think the eas\u00adi\u00adest expla\u00adna\u00adtion is that a lot of mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adly attached peo\u00adple switched to \u2018no reli\u00adgion\u2019 on sur\u00adveys over the last decade or two. Even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly, there weren\u2019t that many mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adly attached folks any\u00admore. All you had left were the very com\u00admit\u00adted reli\u00adgious peo\u00adple who like\u00adly won\u2019t become nones for any rea\u00adson. The loose top soil has been scooped off and hauled away, leav\u00ading noth\u00ading but hard bedrock under\u00adneath.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Empha\u00adsis removed for read\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/article\/2024\/may\/19\/loud-mouthed-bully-cs-lewis-satirised-oxford-peer-in-secret-poems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Loud-mouthed bul\u00adly\u2019: CS Lewis satirised Oxford peer in secret poems<\/a> (Dalya Alberge, The Guardian): \u201cJok\u00ading that an infu\u00adri\u00adat\u00aded Lewis had per\u00adhaps com\u00adposed them dur\u00ading one of Wyld\u2019s lec\u00adtures, Horobin not\u00aded that one of them iden\u00adti\u00adfies Wyld through an acros\u00adtic with the ini\u00adtial let\u00adters spelling out the name \u2018Hen\u00adry Cecil Wyld\u2019. He added: \u2018On the remain\u00ading blank pages he penned a series of addi\u00adtion\u00adal satir\u00adi\u00adcal vers\u00ades lam\u00adpoon\u00ading Wyld \u2013 one in Eng\u00adlish, along\u00adside oth\u00aders in Latin, Greek, French and even Old Eng\u00adlish.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Even Lewis\u2019s shade was epic and eru\u00addite. I love this sto\u00adry. Also, a reminder that every word will be brought into judge\u00adment \u2014 even words uttered (or penned) in secret. I should men\u00adtion he would not yet have been a Chris\u00adt\u00adian when these poems appear to have been com\u00adposed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/22\/business\/gen-z-college-students-jobs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU0.L-k0.iLAR0z-hi2CW&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Do Stu\u00addents at Elite Col\u00adleges Real\u00adly Want?<\/a> (Francesca Mari, New York Times): \u201c\u2026every\u00adone arrived on cam\u00adpus hop\u00ading to change the world. But what they learn at Har\u00advard, he said, is that actu\u00adal\u00adly doing any\u00adthing mean\u00ading\u00adful is too hard. Peo\u00adple give up on their dreams, he told me, and decide they might as well make mon\u00adey. Some\u00adone else told me it was com\u00admon at par\u00adties to hear their peers say they just want to sell out.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/pnasnexus\/article\/3\/4\/pgae112\/7626940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Redefin\u00ading the sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic method: as the use of sophis\u00adti\u00adcat\u00aded sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic meth\u00adods that extend our mind<\/a> (Alexan\u00adder Krauss, PNAS Nexus): \u201cThis study reveals that 25% of all dis\u00adcov\u00ader\u00adies since 1900 did not apply the com\u00admon sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic method (all three features)\u2014with 6% of dis\u00adcov\u00ader\u00adies using no obser\u00adva\u00adtion, 23% using no exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion, and 17% not test\u00ading a hypoth\u00ade\u00adsis. Empir\u00adi\u00adcal evi\u00addence thus chal\u00adlenges the com\u00admon view of the sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic method.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From the abstract because it is so suc\u00adcinct\u00adly put, but the arti\u00adcle itself is easy to read. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. The author is a philoso\u00adpher of sci\u00adence at the Lon\u00addon School of Eco\u00adnom\u00adics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2024\/may\/haiti-american-missionaries-killed-gang.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies Killed in Port-au-Prince<\/a> (Daniel Sil\u00adli\u00adman, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cCrim\u00adi\u00adnal gangs killed near\u00adly 5,000 peo\u00adple in Haiti last year. Then, in 2024, the gangs band\u00aded togeth\u00ader, turned against the politi\u00adcians who had once col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adrat\u00aded with them for pow\u00ader, and launched coor\u00addi\u00adnat\u00aded attacks on the gov\u00adern\u00adment. The gangs set police sta\u00adtions on fire, shut down the main air\u00adport and sea\u00adport, and broke open two pris\u00adons, releas\u00ading an esti\u00admat\u00aded 4,000 inmates. They van\u00addal\u00adized gov\u00adern\u00adment offices, stormed the Nation\u00adal Palace, and took con\u00adtrol of about 80 per\u00adcent of the cap\u00adi\u00adtal.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sriramk.com\/group-chats-rule-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Group chats rule the world.<\/a> (Sri\u00adram Krish\u00adnan, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cMost of the inter\u00adest\u00ading con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtions in tech now hap\u00adpen in pri\u00advate group chats: What\u00adsapp, Telegram, Sig\u00adnal, small invite-only Dis\u00adcord groups.\u2026 The great cul\u00adture wars of 2020 meant peo\u00adple, espe\u00adcial\u00adly in tech, weren\u2019t com\u00adfort\u00adable shar\u00ading their views in pub\u00adlic lest they get var\u00adi\u00adous online mobs after them.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/article\/what-tradwives-and-some-of-their-critics-miss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What \u2018Tradwives\u2019\u2014and Some of Their Critics\u2014Miss<\/a> (Han\u00adnah Ander\u00adson, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cBut women haven\u2019t been unique\u00adly lied to. Fam\u00adi\u00adlies have been lied to about what their homes can and should be. Men and women alike have been told that their great\u00adest achieve\u00adments lie out\u00adside of it. And yet, a mar\u00adriage reduced from two \u2018careerists\u2019 to one is still serv\u00ading cor\u00adpo\u00adrate inter\u00adests. At best, a woman sac\u00adri\u00adfic\u00ading her career to enable her husband\u2019s career (as Butk\u00ader asserts his wife does and as he coun\u00adseled new female grad\u00adu\u00adates) miss\u00ades the point. At worst, it enables the very mar\u00adket\u00adplace that desires noth\u00ading more than to creep into our homes and com\u00admod\u00adi\u00adfy every expres\u00adsion of good\u00adness and beau\u00adty that hap\u00adpens there\u2014even if what we\u2019re sell\u00ading is tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adism.\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=\"simple-list wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=86Inv2724bI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty Tour by Drone<\/a> (YouTube): six min\u00adutes (it\u2019s a lit\u00adtle long, but the first bit is nice to watch)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MNsG7mZlZ6o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Will 18 year old Emma Olson FOOL Penn &amp; Teller with a Rubik\u2019s cube?<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/17\/science\/octopus-eel-fight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">When an Eel Takes a Bite Then an Octo\u00adpus Might Claim an Eye\u00adball<\/a> (Joshua Rapp Learn, New York Times): \u201cIn each video, the com\u00admon octo\u00adpus may sac\u00adri\u00adfice arms, much as lizards drop their tails to dis\u00adtract preda\u00adtors, Dr. Hern\u00e1n\u00addez-Urcera said. In the first video, the octo\u00adpus los\u00ades three arms while the one in the sec\u00adond video los\u00ades two \u2014 but they can ful\u00adly regrow limbs in about 45 days, some lab tests show.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rarely do I find that news arti\u00adcles are improved by embed\u00added videos. This is one of the excep\u00adtions. Very cool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/13\/books\/zoe-schlanger-light-eaters.html?smid=nytcore-android-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Are Plants Intel\u00adli\u00adgent? If So, What Does That Mean for Your Sal\u00adad?<\/a> (Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth A. Har\u00adris, New York Times): \u201cObvi\u00adous\u00adly we\u2019re ani\u00admals that need to eat plants. There\u2019s no way around that. But there is a way of imag\u00adin\u00ading a future with agri\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal prac\u00adtices and har\u00advest\u00ading prac\u00adtices that are more tuned into the life style of the plant, the things it\u2019s capa\u00adble of and its pro\u00adcliv\u00adi\u00adties. This opens up the world of plant ethics.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The arti\u00adcle itself is inter\u00adest\u00ading. The title made me laugh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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 \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 454, a num\u00adber whose sym\u00adme\u00adtry pleas\u00ades me. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading Less Seri\u00adous Things Which \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/05\/24\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-454\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 454\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":"Coming at you a little early this week, because I got things to do later. Stimulating thoughts for curious people. 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