THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don’t bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he’s a good man.”

― Fyodor Dostoevsky

BIRTHDAYS:

1483 Paracelsus, Physician and Alchemist

1679 Firmin Abauzit, French scholar and scientist

1688 Lorenzo Somis, Italian composer and violinist. Sonata in F Major

1696 Andrea Zani, Italian composer and violinist. “Allegro” dalla Sinfonia III OP II – “6 sinfonie da camera e 6 concerti da chiesa”, and Sinfonia n° 1 in Do maggiore

1821 Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist.

1858 Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian diarist and painter

1922 Kurt Vonnegut, American writer and humorist known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels.

MISCELLANY:

TIME FOR THE SEPARATION OF SCIENCE AND STATE.
Entirely predictable: More parents don’t want routine vaccination for their kids

ATTENTION SPACE SETTLERS. SpaceX says its 2nd Starship test flight could launch on Nov. 17 (video)

FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

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Yes, the following is the website for the Bulgarian Association for Pathology (BPAP). As near as I can tell, the Canadian website was taken down.

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