{"id":7591,"date":"2024-12-20T15:54:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T23:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7591"},"modified":"2024-12-20T16:02:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T00:02:31","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-483","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/12\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-483","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 483"},"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\" 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 width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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>\n\n    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<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.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/19\/opinion\/faith-god-christianity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.i04.ybX2.z5XQpSUR5jbR&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Shock of Faith: It\u2019s Noth\u00ading Like I Thought It Would Be<\/a> (David Brooks, New York Times): \u201cWhen reli\u00adgion is seen as belief, then the believ\u00ader lives on a con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adum between belief and doubt. But when reli\u00adgion is seen as a long\u00ading, then the believ\u00ader lives on the con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adum between inten\u00adsi\u00adty and apa\u00adthy. That\u2019s the con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adum I live on these days.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded, unlocked, sent to me by mul\u00adti\u00adple alum\u00adni.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/science\/archaeology\/a63204262\/silver-amulet-roman-christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Archae\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgists Found a Skele\u00adton Wear\u00ading an Amulet That May Change the His\u00adto\u00adry of Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Tim New\u00adcomb, Pop\u00adu\u00adlar Mechan\u00adics): \u201cEvery oth\u00ader link to reli\u00adable evi\u00addence of Chris\u00adt\u00adian life in the north\u00adern Alpine area of the Roman Empire is at least 50 years younger, all com\u00ading from the fourth cen\u00adtu\u00adry A.D.\u2026. The sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic study is bol\u00adstered by ref\u00ader\u00adences nev\u00ader found so ear\u00adly, such as men\u00adtion of Saint Titus, a stu\u00addent of the Apos\u00adtle Paul, the invo\u00adca\u00adtion \u2018holy, holy, holy!\u2019 which wasn\u2019t more com\u00admon until the fourth cen\u00adtu\u00adry A.D., and the phrase \u2018bend your knees,\u2019 which is a quote from Paul\u2019s let\u00adter to the Philip\u00adpi\u00adans.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus. The title is click\u00adbait, but the arti\u00adcle\u2019s con\u00adtent is inter\u00adest\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/18\/opinion\/christianity-democracy-religion.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What if Our Democ\u00adra\u00adcy Can\u2019t Sur\u00advive With\u00adout Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty?<\/a> (David French and Jonathan Rauch, New York Times): \u201cIt turns out that Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty is a load-bear\u00ading wall in democ\u00adra\u00adcy, and the founders told us that. They didn\u2019t spec\u00adi\u00adfy that you have to be a Chris\u00adt\u00adian, per se, but they said that our lib\u00ader\u00adal, sec\u00adu\u00adlar Con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion, it\u2019s great, as far as it goes, but it relies on virtues like truth\u00adful\u00adness and law\u00adful\u00adness and the equal dig\u00adni\u00adty of every indi\u00advid\u00adual. And they under\u00adstood that those have to come from an out\u00adside source. The Con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion won\u2019t fur\u00adnish them. And the source that they relied on prin\u00adci\u00adpal\u00adly was reli\u00adgion to teach those things and to build and trans\u00admit those val\u00adues. And it turns out that for most of our his\u00adto\u00adry, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty has been pret\u00adty good at that.\u201d&nbsp;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-12-nature-constant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Study claims all observ\u00adables in nature can be mea\u00adsured with a sin\u00adgle con\u00adstant: The sec\u00adond<\/a> (Phys.org): \u201c&nbsp;\u2018In Galilean space-time, you need rulers and clocks to mea\u00adsure all the phys\u00adi\u00adcal vari\u00adables. In rel\u00ada\u00adtivis\u00adtic space-time, how\u00adev\u00ader, clocks are suf\u00adfi\u00adcient. This is because in rel\u00ada\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty, space and time are so inter\u00adre\u00adlat\u00aded that a sin\u00adgle unit is suf\u00adfi\u00adcient to describe all quan\u00adti\u00adties. High-pre\u00adci\u00adsion clocks, such as the atom\u00adic clocks used today, are capa\u00adble of meet\u00ading all mea\u00adsure\u00adment needs,\u2019 says Mat\u00adsas.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2024\/12\/why-are-top-scientists-leaving-harvard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why are Top Sci\u00aden\u00adtists Leav\u00ading Har\u00advard?<\/a> (Alex Tabar\u00adrok, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cMina tells an incred\u00adi\u00adble sto\u00adry of what hap\u00adpened dur\u00ading the pan\u00addem\u00adic. At the time Mina was a fac\u00adul\u00adty mem\u00adber at the Chan School of <em>Pub\u00adlic Health,<\/em> he is extreme\u00adly active in advis\u00ading gov\u00adern\u00adments on the pan\u00addem\u00adic, and he brings Har\u00advard mil\u00adlions of dol\u00adlars a year in fund\u00ading. But when he tries to hire some\u00adone at his lab, the uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty refus\u00ades because there is hir\u00ading freeze! Sor\u00adry, no hir\u00ading for pan\u00addem\u00adic research dur\u00ading a pan\u00addem\u00adic.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/when-gen-george-patton-called-on-god-prayer-cards-battle-of-the-bulge-world-war-ii-057b121b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">When Gen. George Pat\u00adton Called on God<\/a> (Alex Ker\u00adshaw, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cPat\u00adton instruct\u00aded his men: \u2018Pray when dri\u00adving. Pray when fight\u00ading. Pray alone. Pray with oth\u00aders. Pray by night and pray by day.\u2019 He believed the Third Army\u2019s near\u00adly 500 chap\u00adlains, rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00ading 32 denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtions, were as crit\u00adi\u00adcal to vic\u00adto\u00adry as his tank com\u00adman\u00adders. \u2018He want\u00aded a chap\u00adlain to be above aver\u00adage in courage,\u2019 O\u2019Neill recalled. \u2018In time of bat\u00adtle, he want\u00aded the chap\u00adlains up front, where the men were dying. And that\u2019s where the Third Army chap\u00adlains went\u2014up front. We lost more chap\u00adlains, pro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate\u00adly, than any oth\u00ader group.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is one of those his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal moments that I always mar\u00advel at when I read about it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/the-abortion-lobby-endangers-pregnant-women-babies-physicians-miscarriages-48308908?st=sjmjuq&amp;reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Abor\u00adtion Lob\u00adby Endan\u00adgers Preg\u00adnant Women<\/a> (Rachel Roth Ald\u00adhiz\u00ader, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cReclas\u00adsi\u00adfy\u00ading induc\u00adtion of labor\u2014or, rarely, sur\u00adgi\u00adcal res\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion for PPROM\u2014as abor\u00adtion care seems to threat\u00aden women\u2019s pre\u00adna\u00adtal care nation\u00adwide. No abor\u00adtion leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtion in any state restricts emer\u00adgency pro\u00adce\u00addures to pro\u00adtect the life or health of the moth\u00ader. Yet this lin\u00adguis\u00adtic shift could mis\u00adlead physi\u00adcians in states with abor\u00adtion restric\u00adtions into believ\u00ading that stan\u00addard treat\u00adments for preg\u00adnan\u00adcy com\u00adpli\u00adca\u00adtions may be ille\u00adgal, or at least sub\u00adject to a high\u00ader stan\u00addard of physi\u00adcian judg\u00adment when deter\u00admin\u00ading a treat\u00adment course.\u2026 Only the abor\u00adtion lob\u00adby and the politi\u00adcians who sup\u00adport it ben\u00ade\u00adfit from these lin\u00adguis\u00adtic games.\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=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/california-parks\/article\/squirrels-predators-bay-area-park-19988436.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bay Area squir\u00adrels are killing and decap\u00adi\u00adtat\u00ading en masse, study finds<\/a> (Suzie Dun\u00addas, SF Gate): \u201cThe researchers observed inter\u00adac\u00adtions between voles and ground squir\u00adrels in June and July and found that 42% involved squir\u00adrels killing voles. What makes this dis\u00adcov\u00adery so unusu\u00adal is that the per\u00adcent\u00adage should have been zero.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basicinstructions.net\/basic-instructions\/2024\/12\/16\/how-to-honor-the-intentions-of-those-who-came-before-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Hon\u00ador the Inten\u00adtions of Those Who Came Before You<\/a> (Basic Instruc\u00adtions)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/unclear-if-pianist-total-beginner-or-professional-jazz-player\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unclear If Pianist Total Begin\u00adner Or Pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal Jazz Play\u00ader<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/cupcake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cup\u00adcake<\/a> (SMBC)<\/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. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading Less Seri\u00adous Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen Why Do You Send This Email? In \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/12\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-483\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 483\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":[121,131,124,240,127,281],"class_list":["post-7591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-abortion","tag-academia","tag-apologetically-interesting","tag-elite-colleges","tag-history","tag-physics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1Yr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7591","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=7591"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7594,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7591\/revisions\/7594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}