Monday, February 28, 2011

Philosophy Wire: Incas, the ancient grain and the forgetting of the past

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-02-28]: A grain which the ancient Incas knew well, is now becoming the new "star" in healthy nutrition [source: web news]. This little thing reminds us a very important thing: that what is "old" is not always "wrong". We keep on going towards the "future" in that illusion we call "Time", but we always tend to make the same mistake - we always think of things of the past as outrun by things of today. But this is not true. If we take a look at the past we will see magic and things we once knew but we have not siezed to see...

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