{"id":7510,"date":"2024-09-06T15:32:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T22:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7510"},"modified":"2024-09-06T15:32:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T22:32:28","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-469","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/09\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-469","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 469"},"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 469, which is appar\u00adent\u00adly the largest known <em>n<\/em> for which <em>n<\/em>!-1 is prime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plough.com\/en\/topics\/life\/technology\/chatgpt-goes-to-church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chat\u00adG\u00adPT Goes to Church<\/a> (Arlie Coles, Plough): \u201cAcci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly gen\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded heresy is a tech\u00adni\u00adcal fail\u00adure; a pas\u00adtor refus\u00ading to speak from the heart and pre\u00adfer\u00adring to gen\u00ader\u00adate the most prob\u00ada\u00adble word sequences for a ser\u00admon to the con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtion in his care is a moral fail\u00adure.\u2026 There is no world where defer\u00adring preach\u00ading and pas\u00adtoral care to a text gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtor does not end with dete\u00adri\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion \u2013 first of for\u00adma\u00adtion, then of the cler\u00adgy, and final\u00adly of the peo\u00adple in their care.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a research sci\u00aden\u00adtist who focus\u00ades on deep learn\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/science\/2024\/09\/05\/see-through-transparent-mice-food-dye\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sci\u00aden\u00adtists use food dye found in Dori\u00adtos to make see-through mice<\/a> (Car\u00adolyn Y. John\u00adson, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cIn a series of exper\u00adi\u00adments that could have been plucked from the pages of sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion, researchers at Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty mas\u00adsaged a solu\u00adtion con\u00adtain\u00ading tar\u00adtrazine, the chem\u00adi\u00adcal found in the food dye known as \u2018yel\u00adlow No. 5,\u2019 onto the stom\u00adachs, scalps and hind legs of mice. About five min\u00adutes lat\u00ader, the opaque skin of the mice trans\u00adformed tem\u00adporar\u00adi\u00adly into a liv\u00ading win\u00addow, reveal\u00ading branch\u00ading blood ves\u00adsels, mus\u00adcle fibers and con\u00adtrac\u00adtions of the gut, they report\u00aded Thurs\u00adday in the jour\u00adnal Sci\u00adence.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One of the study\u2019s lead\u00aders, Dr. Guosong Hong, was part of Chi Alpha at Stan\u00adford. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.adm6869\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.adm6869\">the actu\u00adal jour\u00adnal arti\u00adcle<\/a> for more details and some wild images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/01\/magazine\/worthless-pennies-united-states-economy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amer\u00adi\u00adca Must Free Itself from the Tyran\u00adny of the Pen\u00adny<\/a> (Caity Weaver, New York Times): \u201cMost pen\u00adnies pro\u00adduced by the U.S. Mint are giv\u00aden out as change but nev\u00ader spent; this cre\u00adates an inces\u00adsant demand for new pen\u00adnies to replace them, so that cash trans\u00adac\u00adtions that neces\u00adsi\u00adtate pen\u00adnies (i.e., any con\u00adclud\u00ading with a sum whose final dig\u00adit is 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 or 9) can be set\u00adtled. Because these replace\u00adment pen\u00adnies will them\u00adselves not be spent, they will need to be replaced with new pen\u00adnies that will also not be spent, and so will have to be replaced with new pen\u00adnies that will not be spent, which will have to be replaced by new pen\u00adnies (that will not be spent, and so will have to be replaced). In oth\u00ader words, we keep mint\u00ading pen\u00adnies because no one uses the pen\u00adnies we mint.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/30\/opinion\/college-dei-programs-diversity.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">D.E.I. Is Not Work\u00ading on Col\u00adlege Cam\u00adpus\u00ades. We Need a New Approach.<\/a> (Paul Brest and Emi\u00adly Levine, New York Times): \u201cRather than cor\u00adrect\u00ading stereo\u00adtypes, diver\u00adsi\u00adty train\u00ading too often rein\u00adforces them and breeds resent\u00adment, imped\u00ading stu\u00addents\u2019 social devel\u00adop\u00adment. An exces\u00adsive focus on iden\u00adti\u00adty can be just as harm\u00adful as the pre\u00adtense that iden\u00adti\u00adty doesn\u2019t mat\u00adter. Over\u00adall, these pro\u00adgrams may under\u00admine the very groups they seek to aid by instill\u00ading a vic\u00adtim mind-set and by pit\u00adting stu\u00addents against one anoth\u00ader.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The two authors are Stan\u00adford affil\u00adi\u00adates. Paul Brest is a for\u00admer dean of Stan\u00adford Law School, and Emi\u00adly Levine is asso\u00adciate pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of edu\u00adca\u00adtion and his\u00adto\u00adry at Stan\u00adford.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/368201\/volunteer-charity-donations-systemic-change-activism-nonprofits-loneliness-philanthropy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why I changed my mind about vol\u00adun\u00adteer\u00ading<\/a> (Rachel M. Cohen, Vox): \u201cPhil\u00adan\u00adthropy cer\u00adtain\u00adly has some great vic\u00adto\u00adries in fund\u00ading \u2018root\u2019 solu\u00adtions, but Buchanan urges against the men\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty that only per\u00adma\u00adnent\u00adly erad\u00adi\u00adcat\u00ading a prob\u00adlem is worth doing. \u2018You shouldn\u2019t assume that a focus on roots is nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly supe\u00adri\u00ador,\u2019 he writes. \u2018Trim\u00adming branch\u00ades is also impor\u00adtant.\u2019 In a way, it can feel safe to dis\u00adtrust the val\u00adue of indi\u00advid\u00adual action. Being wary of phil\u00adan\u00adthropy and char\u00adi\u00adta\u00adble groups that promise to bet\u00adter the world res\u00adonates with the skep\u00adti\u00adcism I\u2019ve been trained to have, pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal\u00adly and cul\u00adtur\u00adal\u00adly. It also allows me to avoid mak\u00ading sac\u00adri\u00adfices; there\u2019s no real vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty or bets required.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I did\u00adn\u2019t know that Tolkien had <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ayjay.org\/tom\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blog.ayjay.org\/tom\/\">explained Tom Bom\u00adbadil<\/a> (Alan Jacobs, a Bay\u00adlor prof).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/8-day-old-jewish-baby-excited-for-this-cool-party-theyre-throwing-for-him-and-hey-whats-that-sharp-metal-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">8\u2011Day-Old Jew\u00adish Baby Excit\u00aded For Cool Par\u00adty They\u2019re Throw\u00ading For Him And Hey Why Are All The Women Leav\u00ading And Who Is This Guy In The Robes<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/AUznHKlekm8?feature=shared\">Cook\u00ading A Piz\u00adza On The Job\u00adsite<\/a> (YouTube): six\u00adty sec\u00adonds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/swordscomic.com\/comic\/DCCCLXX\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Genie Wish\u00ades<\/a> (Swords Com\u00adic)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2024\/09\/05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Con\u00adfer\u00adence for Ladies<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/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 469, which is appar\u00adent\u00adly the largest known n for which n!-1 is prime. Things Glen \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/09\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-469\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 469\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":"","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":[219,140,135],"class_list":["post-7510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-culture","tag-stanford"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1X8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7510","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=7510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7511,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7510\/revisions\/7511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}