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Re: Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets Of Orkney
Jan 06, 2017, 15:52
The point was that today our understanding of monuments and nature has led to a greater appreciation of their mysteries ,and that is not due to knowing less .

You or I might be delighted by the sight of a comet , but the point was that not everyone in the past would . The reason we would not be frightened by the portent is due to our understanding ,and that understanding has produced a more positive and joyful appreciation of the phenomena .

Similarly ,just as you may not see others as different from yourself , it's not that long ago when others did . We now realise , due to our greater understanding ,that race is a human construct and has no basis in science .


Whether delighted or frightened , the emotion will ultimately influence our experience ,a comet over Stonehenge seen today would be almost universally viewed as a great photo opportunity , neither the monument nor the comet having any negative associations except for a small percentage of the population . That is what is important to the experience , the intellectual baggage we bring to the perception of the phenomena . It's also fascinating how it can be ignored when discussing the experiences .
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