THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

”Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”

— C.S. Lewis

BIRTHDAYS:

1592 Tobias Michael, German composer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. In Angst und Not, and ‘Fürchte Dich nicht’

1773 Thomas Young, British physician and physicist (light interference). British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology. He was instrumental in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, specifically the Rosetta Stone.

1792 William Austin Burt, American scientist, surveyor and inventor who patented America’s first typographer (typewriter) and the equatorial sextant.

1831 James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon.

1854 Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine).

1865 W. B. Yeats, Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature.

1893 Dorothy L. Sayers, English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic.

MISCELLANEOUS:

PROGRESS. Tesla Robotaxi Without Safety Driver Approved in Texas

THE COVID 19 INJECTIONS AND LOCKDOWNS BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2020. THE TRAGEDY THAT ENSUED WAS ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE. TO ANYONE CONSIDERING DOING THIS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE – HERE IS YOUR HOMEWORK READING ASSIGNMENT:

Nuremberg Code (1947)

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza (2006)

Great Barrington declaration (2020)