Friday's News & Ideas - 2/10/2023
- Return to school after pandemic
- Republicans & Christian nationalism
- Elder at Grace Community Church
- Democrats condemn religious nationalism
- Academia & deadlines
- Understanding ChatGPT
The pandemic missing: Hundreds of thousands of kids have never returned to school
Associated Press: An analysis found an estimated 240,000 students in 21 states whose absences could not be accounted for.
Most US Republicans sympathetic to Christian nationalism, survey finds
The Guardian: Survey also finds that 29% of white evangelical Protestants qualify as nationalism adherents while 35% qualify as sympathizers
Grace Community Church rejected elder’s calls to ‘do justice’ in abuse case*
Christianity Today: While a former leader hopes for change, women who sought refuge in biblical counseling at John MacArthur’s church say they feared discipline for seeking safety from their abusive marriages.
Democrats pass resolution condemning ‘white religious nationalism’
Religion News Service: ‘Theocracy is incompatible with democracy and religious freedom in a pluralistic society,’ the resolution read in part.
‘Procrastination-friendly’ academe needs more deadlines*
Inside Higher Ed: Some faculty members believe eliminating deadlines optimizes flexibility for students. But cognitive psychology research suggests that students fare better academically and personally under numerous short-term deadlines.
The Spark
ChatGPT is a blurry JPEG of the web
OpenAI’s chatbot* offers paraphrases, whereas Google offers quotes, The New Yorker says. Which do we prefer?
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