THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.”

— Milton Friedman

BIRTHDAYS:

1708 William Hayes, British composer and organist. Harpsichord concerto in G-major

1786 Benjamin Haydon, British painter.

1831 Mary Mapes Dodge, American children’s author (St. Nicholas Magazine), editor and writer (Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates).

1884 Roy Chapman Andrews, American scientist and explorer (found 1st known dinosaur eggs, director of the American Museum of Natural History)

1918 Philip José Farmer, American sci-fi writer.

1921 Akio Morita, Japanese entrepreneur and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka.

1929 Jules Feiffer, American Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist.

MISCELLANEOUS:

THIS SURPASSES HUMAN EXPERT LEVEL. First Look at xAI Grok 3

ATTENTION STARGAZERS. This Week’s Sky at a Glance, January 24 – February 2

COVID 19 LOCKDOWNS – REQUIRED READING.

PUBLISHED IN 2006: Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE:

Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

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