THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“We are on the event horizon of the Singularity.”

— Elon Musk

BIRTHDAYS:

1619 Charles Le Brun, French classical painter who helped establish the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture

1684 Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor.

1786 Wilhelm Grimm, German author, philologist and anthropologist. He was the younger brother of Jacob Grimm, of the literary duo the Brothers Grimm.

1836 Winslow Homer, American painter.

1842 Arrigo Boito, Italian opera composer (Mefistofele), and librettist (Verdi’s “Falstaff”; Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda”). Le Vie dell’Amicizia El Djem (Mefistofele)

1917 William Fairbank, American physicist (superconductivity).

1955 Steve Jobs, American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc.

MISCELLANEOUS:

I DID A DOUBLE-TAKE WHEN I SAW THIS HEADLINE. On the Event Horizon of the Singularity

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FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE:

Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

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