THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.”

— Thomas Sowell

BIRTHDAYS:

1811 Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier, French astronomer (made calculations that proved existence of Neptune)

1903 James Franklin Hyde, American chemist and inventor. He has been called the “Father of Silicones” and is credited with the launch of the silicone industry in the 1930s.

1915 J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and Internet pioneer.

1952 Douglas Adams, English author, humourist, and screenwriter, best known as the creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

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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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