Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Michael A. Arbib

Born: 1940 (age 85)
Bio: Michael A. Arbib is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science, as well as a Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Southern California.
Known for:
- Brains, machines, and mathematics (1964)
- The metaphorical brain 2 (1972)
- Neural organization (1997)