{"id":8044,"date":"2026-10-23T22:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T05:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=8044"},"modified":"2026-10-23T22:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T05:08:07","slug":"tgfi-volume-577-dumb-people-and-fertility-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2026\/10\/23\/tgfi-volume-577-dumb-people-and-fertility-myths","title":{"rendered":"TGFI, Volume 577: dumb people and fertility myths"},"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> You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues like\u00adly to be of inter\u00adest to Chris\u00adtians in col\u00adlege. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions, so 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.dailycal.org\/news\/campus\/academics\/uc-berkeley-math-community-left-at-crossroads-in-wake-of-openai-navier-stokes-proof\/article_2253ca6c-39c0-45be-947a-f0fd5b48bd6c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UC Berke\u00adley math com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty left at cross\u00adroads in wake of Ope\u00adnAI Navier-Stokes proof<\/a> (Litong Deng, Dai\u00adly Cal\u00adi\u00adforn\u00adian): \u201cPeo\u00adple are com\u00adplain\u00ading that AI is push\u00ading out this 100,000-line for\u00admal proof of some major con\u00adjec\u00adture. I don\u2019t real\u00adly see what harm this does because you can always ignore this if you want, and then you\u2019re no worse off than before,\u201d Borcherds said. \u201cI think what peo\u00adple are get\u00adting upset about is they\u2019re slow\u00adly real\u00adiz\u00ading that they are dumb and some\u00adhow blam\u00ading this on AI, even though it\u2019s not real\u00adly AI\u2019s fault.\u201d Borcherds, who cur\u00adrent\u00adly teach\u00ades MATH 250A, a grad\u00adu\u00adate-lev\u00adel course on abstract alge\u00adbra, also said AI would be much bet\u00adter than him at teach\u00ading the course. He said AI is more patient and much bet\u00adter at express\u00ading itself than he is and doesn\u2019t get mad when stu\u00addents ask stu\u00adpid ques\u00adtions. Borcherds him\u00adself said he has asked AI \u201cdeep math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal ques\u00adtions\u201d and gets \u201cmuch bet\u00adter answers from it than (he gets) from any human math\u00ade\u00admati\u00adcian.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Borcherds is a Fields medal\u00adist (1998).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-S8adDJzwA0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Great Fer\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty Col\u00adlapse<\/a> (Russ Roberts inter\u00adview\u00ading Jesus Fer\u00adnan\u00addez-Villaverde, Econ\u00adTalk): this pod\u00adcast episode is inspired by a paper the guest co-authored, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w35809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ter\u00adra Incog\u00adni\u00adta: The Eco\u00adnom\u00adics of a Shrink\u00ading World<\/a> (NBER). This is an absolute\u00adly fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading dis\u00adcus\u00adsion, full of gems like why the UN pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion fore\u00adcasts are com\u00adplete\u00adly untrust\u00adwor\u00adthy and very sur\u00adpris\u00ading exam\u00adples of how a lot of what peo\u00adple assume they know about fer\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty and demo\u00adgraph\u00adics is exact\u00adly wrong.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/ross-douthat-our-evangelical-era-christianity-catholic-protestant\">Why Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism Is Win\u00adning<\/a> (Ross Douthat, The Free Press): \u201cBut the basic test of any reli\u00adgion, espe\u00adcial\u00adly any mis\u00adsion\u00adary reli\u00adgion, is whether it actu\u00adal\u00adly per\u00adsuades peo\u00adple to prac\u00adtice and believe. And the evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal model\u2014the entre\u00adpre\u00adneur\u00adial pas\u00adtor, the adapt\u00adable church struc\u00adtures, the empha\u00adsis on wel\u00adcom\u00ading seek\u00aders and accom\u00admo\u00addat\u00ading fam\u00adi\u00adlies, even the sub\u00adur\u00adban and mid\u00addle\u00adbrow aesthetic\u2014clearly works under 21st-cen\u00adtu\u00adry con\u00addi\u00adtions in a way that requires respect and some form of imi\u00adta\u00adtion. The vices of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism need cor\u00adrec\u00adtion and cri\u00adtique. But there will be no 21st-cen\u00adtu\u00adry revival, for Catholi\u00adcism or any oth\u00ader kind of faith, that doesn\u2019t reck\u00adon with the sources of its unde\u00adni\u00adable suc\u00adcess.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2026\/10\/esther-most-political-bible-book-midterms\/\">What the Bible\u2019s Most Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Book Can Teach Us<\/a> (Michael J. Rhodes, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cBib\u00adli\u00adcal scholars\u2014including me, in my book <em>Reimag\u00adin\u00ading Bib\u00adli\u00adcal Pol\u00adi\u00adtics<\/em>\u2014have argued Esther might be the most polit\u00adi\u00adcal book in the Bible. The sto\u00adry revolves around mat\u00adters of state, and in terms of polit\u00adi\u00adcal action<em>,<\/em> the book has it all. By the time cred\u00adits roll, we\u2019ve watched Vashti prac\u00adtice civ\u00adil dis\u00adobe\u00addi\u00adence by refus\u00ading to obey King Ahasuerus\u2019s com\u00admand (1:12). We\u2019ve seen Mordechai stage a pub\u00adlic protest\u2014lamenting in sack\u00adcloth and ash\u00ades at the very gate of the king (4:1\u20132)\u2014and serve that same regime by snitch\u00ading on courtiers caught plan\u00adning an assas\u00adsi\u00adna\u00adtion (2:21\u201322). Esther\u2019s polit\u00adi\u00adcal career begins when she makes the best of an awful sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion, hid\u00ading her eth\u00adnic\u00adi\u00adty and win\u00adning favor on the way to becom\u00ading queen. She acts sub\u00adver\u00adsive\u00adly to ensure Haman gets what\u2019s com\u00ading to him. By the end, Esther and Morde\u00adcai effec\u00adtive\u00adly hold pub\u00adlic office, writ\u00ading law from with\u00adin the empire itself (8:1\u20132; 7\u20138). If Esther is arguably the Bible\u2019s most polit\u00adi\u00adcal book, it\u2019s also the most ambigu\u00adous.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Con\u00adcern\u00ading Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today (to which I am a sub\u00adscriber):\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/21\/us\/christianity-today-magazine-layoffs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVE.5cnL.SlhOS1QetR03&amp;smid=url-share\">Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today, a Voice of Cen\u00adtrist Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism, Is in Tur\u00admoil<\/a> (Ruth Gra\u00adham, New York Times): \u201cChris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today need\u00aded to be less like Wheaton and more like Tik\u00adTok, Mr. Adding\u00adton told his staff, accord\u00ading to sev\u00ader\u00adal peo\u00adple who attend\u00aded the meet\u00ading. Warn\u00ading that lay\u00adoffs were com\u00ading, he end\u00aded his pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion with a prayer. A senior edi\u00adtor left the room in tears. Four\u00adteen months lat\u00ader, more than half of the 79 employ\u00adees at that time have either been laid off or resigned, includ\u00ading an edi\u00adtor in chief and four of the company\u2019s longest-tenured jour\u00adnal\u00adists.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bonniekristian.substack.com\/p\/why-i-left-christianity-today\">Why I left Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today<\/a> (Bon\u00adnie Kris\u00adt\u00adian, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe last pre-pan\u00addem\u00adic meet\u00ading I took end\u00aded with an offer to become a colum\u00adnist for <em>Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today<\/em>. I hap\u00adpi\u00adly accept\u00aded and wrote for CT in that capac\u00adi\u00adty for three and a half years, then came on staff as a senior edi\u00adtor in the sum\u00admer of 2023. In late Sep\u00adtem\u00adber, I gave notice. Fri\u00adday was my last day, and this post is about why I left. If you\u2019re new here, fresh from googling me after read\u00ading Ruth Graham\u2019s <em>New York Times<\/em> sto\u00adry about CT, hel\u00adlo! You\u2019ve come to the right place.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/worksinprogress.co\/issue\/were-the-romans-tolerant-about-sex\/\">Roman love<\/a> (Samuel Hugh\u00ades, Works in Progress): \u201cPop\u00adu\u00adlar mythol\u00ado\u00adgy holds that a tol\u00ader\u00adant and affir\u00adma\u00adtive view of human sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty pre\u00advailed in clas\u00adsi\u00adcal Antiq\u00adui\u00adty until it was crushed by puri\u00adtan\u00adi\u00adcal and repres\u00adsive Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty. I pas\u00adsive\u00adly accept\u00aded this view until I read Kyle Harper\u2019s cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00aded book, <em>From Shame to Sin: The Chris\u00adt\u00adian Trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion of Sex\u00adu\u00adal Moral\u00adi\u00adty in Late Antiq\u00adui\u00adty<\/em>. Harp\u00ader shows that, although the stan\u00addard pic\u00adture is not entire\u00adly wrong, it is so incom\u00adplete as to be fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly mis\u00adlead\u00ading.\u2026 By putting togeth\u00ader the Jew\u00adish pro\u00adhi\u00adbi\u00adtion of extra\u00admar\u00adi\u00adtal sex with Roman monogamy, the ear\u00adly Chris\u00adtians arrived at the idea that each man should be faith\u00adful to one woman, just as each woman should be faith\u00adful to one man. The nov\u00adel\u00adty of this inno\u00adva\u00adtion is hard to over\u00adstate: it is not clear that the ide\u00adal of exclu\u00adsive mutu\u00adal fideli\u00adty has ever been invent\u00aded inde\u00adpen\u00addent\u00adly in any oth\u00ader major civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtions, though it was even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly to spread to many non-Chris\u00adt\u00adian cul\u00adtures.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/ross-douthat-how-to-survive-the-robot-apocalypse-ai-tech-doom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Sur\u00advive the Robot Apoc\u00ada\u00adlypse<\/a> (Ross Douthat, The Free Press): \u201cIn dep\u00adre\u00adcat\u00ading the chances of the true robot apoc\u00ada\u00adlypse, I\u2019m describ\u00ading a poten\u00adtial future in which the gravest dan\u00adgers are held at bay by a per\u00adva\u00adsive human para\u00adnoia, where pol\u00adi\u00adtics is a strug\u00adgle between effi\u00adcien\u00adcy-max\u00adi\u00admiz\u00aders embrac\u00ading human obso\u00adles\u00adcence and techno\u00adpho\u00adbic pop\u00adulist rebel\u00adlions, and where civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion\u00adal safe\u00adty requires us to rely on inscrutable intel\u00adli\u00adgences to police oth\u00ader inscrutable intel\u00adli\u00adgences into the dis\u00adtant future. A rea\u00adson\u00adable per\u00adson might sim\u00adply pre\u00adfer a world with\u00adout super\u00adin\u00adtel\u00adli\u00adgent AI. But in a world with super\u00adin\u00adtel\u00adli\u00adgence, none of the doom sce\u00adnar\u00adios quite per\u00adsuade me that humans will be eas\u00adi\u00adly steam\u00adrolled or go naive\u00adly into the sil\u00adi\u00adcon night.\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:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/jacob-assures-new-bride-rachel-he-wasnt-that-drunk-at-wedding-last-night--update-oh-no\">Jacob Assures New Bride \u2018Rachel\u2019 He Was\u00adn\u2019t That Drunk At Wed\u00adding Last Night \u2014 UPDATE: Oh No<\/a> \u2014 (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/Hizsxj61UzI?si=SHdThuMqZ88g61SM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explain\u00ading Col\u00adlege Foot\u00adball Con\u00adfer\u00adences<\/a> (John Crist, YouTube): two min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/17\/magazine\/bono-and-the-edge-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J1E.x-9r.ndUAkcZ5B9Oy&amp;smid=nytcore-android-share\">50 Years In, What\u2019s the Point of U2? Bono and the Edge Have Answers<\/a> (David March\u00adese, New York Times): \u201cWhat you just said about com\u00ading up with the fic\u00adtion\u00adal names \u2014 this always killed me about the band. Bono! Edge! And then \u2026 Adam and Lar\u00adry. Was there any dis\u00adcus\u00adsion that they should have names too? The Edge: We need to explain the whole name thing. We laughed a lot at that age. We would laugh at each oth\u00ader and our\u00adselves and that was the deal. So the names were not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly designed for their hero\u00adic aspect. Bono\u2019s very first name was in fact Stein\u00adrich Van Hait\u00adian Bang Bang Bang, and then I was Inchicore for a while before I became the Edge. Adam for a while was known as Mrs. Byrnes, and Lar\u00adry for some rea\u00adson was the Jam Jar. We were bor\u00adrow\u00ading a lot from Mon\u00adty Python.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/kid-rock-halfway-2-jesus-interview-1236360949\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kid Rock Talks Eminem Col\u00adlab \u2018Heal My Faith\u2019 &amp; Killing \u2018Divi\u00adsion<\/a>\u2019 (Gary Graff, Bill\u00adboard):&nbsp; \u201cThis (album) is about for\u00adgive\u00adness and sec\u00adond chances,\u201d Rock said, \u201ctry\u00ading to heal some of the divi\u00adsion in our coun\u00adtry. I\u2019m just putting a pos\u00adi\u00adtive mes\u00adsage out there in the world\u2026showing a lit\u00adtle more grace, try\u00ading to kill some of the divi\u00adsion. I am not with\u00adout sin, and I can\u2019t say I ever will be. But I\u2019m mak\u00ading a con\u00adscious effort to spread this bet\u00adter mes\u00adsage \u2014 and I\u2019m also still Kid motherf\u2013king Rock. At the end of the day, I\u2019m both of those guys. I\u2019m not fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly changed, you know? I\u2019m still Kid Rock; I\u2019m gonna drink a beer, smoke a cig\u00adar\u2026 I\u2019m just on the jour\u00adney. I feel halfway to Jesus; I hope to be all the way there, but I\u2019m not sure. I don\u2019t know where it all leads. It\u2019s almost as new as me as it is to every\u00adone else.\u201d<\/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>You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues like\u00adly to be of inter\u00adest to Chris\u00adtians in col\u00adlege. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. 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