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Weekend Reads 6/10/17

10 Awesome Ancient Wonders That Remain A Mystery

In modern times through our accumulation of knowledge, anthropologists and archaeologists have tried to piece together a timeline of the rise and fall of civilizations. However, through new discoveries and the hard work of many researchers, more previously unknown civilizations are being looked at in a new light. All of these are ancient and they are a sign of the major probability that we do not know as much as we would like about our history as we believe we do.

Can We Live Without Enchantment?

To acknowledge mystery is to have a keen day-to-day existential sense that we must live our lives delimited by epistemic and moral horizons beyond whose boundaries we lack the capacity or authority to go. The West’s literary tradition is replete with cautionary tales, from the Tower of Babel to the fall of Icarus to Faust’s bargain, warning us that a recognition of the limits of human understanding is essential to our health. Such a recognition serves as a ballast and balm for our souls as well as a safeguard against the chaotic promptings we might otherwise be prone to obey, to our own regret.

The Sunscreen Ratings That Scare People Every Year Are Bullshit

You see, they have no way to deal with a situation where all the products are fine—or where all the products are terrible for you. No matter what the real-world situation is, they come up with a list to buy and a list to avoid. And that’s twisting the truth.

The EWG directly benefits from doing this. The world is so confusing, they say, and only EWG can guide you.

You Will Never Get Your Country Back

To the supporters and enablers of President Trump: please read carefully, because I don’t want you to miss a single word. You will never get your country back because it was never yours to have in the first place. America doesn’t belong to any one person. It belongs to Muslims in Detroit, Christians in Lubbock, Jews in New York City, and atheists in Los Angeles.

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