THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

— Arthur C. Clarke, third law

BIRTHDAYS:

1860 Gustav Mahler, Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. Das Lied von der Erde (1:03), and 4. Sinfonie (1:04)

1907 Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the “dean of science fiction writers”, he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction, and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre of hard science fiction.

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION XAI’ERS. XAI Getting 2 Gigawatts of Natural Gas and Solar Power

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 A HOMEWORK READING ASSIGNMENT:

Nuremberg Code (1947)

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

Great Barrington declaration (2020)