Philosophy Wire: Close to the Sun…

Using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, an international team has discovered a new exoplanet twice the size of Earth. It orbits its star every six days and is thus very close to it, about 10 times closer than Mercury is to the Sun. [1] How close are you to the Sun? Or, how close is the Sun to you? It really doesn’t matter. For rationality kills the Sun. Not the Sun you see. But the Sun you used to have burning inside your heart. Stop staring at the stars with awe. No, you do not shine because the stars are near you. The stars burn because you are close to them…

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