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> There's no place to "discover". hm. Here's a story: on our second visit to China, one of the main targets was Mount Emei, which is a well-known tourist hotsp
by pmlnr 6y ago
> There's no place to "discover".
hm. Here's a story: on our second visit to China, one of the main targets was Mount Emei, which is a well-known tourist hotspot. On the top, because of the buses and cable cars, there were probably thousands of people - we couldn't see due to the ridiculously thick fog.
And then we started to walk down. The shortest path down on foot is ~50km stairs. We met roughly 10 people, including the monks in the monastery we had to sleep midway.
Had there been people there before? Yes. Is it secluded? Yes. Did it feel like a discovery? Yes. And I'd even count it as a spiritual experience, despite the fact that we never really left the civilization.
Another story: when we were in Uppsala, Sweden, we visited a place called Norra Lunsen. The young lady in the ticket office literally asked as why do we want to go to the middle of nowhere - and indeed, we met a single person there.
The point to "discover" at our current stage of evolution - in the sense of we can't yet travel across star systems or galaxies - is not to go to places where no human has been before, but to find places that give YOU a new experience.
- BurningFrog 6y agoI lived in Uppsala for 10 years. Never heard of Norra Lunsen.
- pmlnr 6y agohttps://www.uppsala.se/kultur-och-fritid/natur-parker-och-friluftsliv/friluftsomraden-naturreservat-och-leder/friluftsomraden-och-naturreservat/norra-lunsen-naturreservat/ https://www.uppsala.se/kultur-och-fritid/natur-parker-och-fr...
- evolve2k 6y agoI visited Uppsala briefly over only a few days. As I explored this incredible University town I discovered the most special treasure.. The “Silver Bible”, not a Christian bible but a collection of “all the knowledge of the day” encased in a silver cover. It had been lost for 500 years and discovered again under some floorboards. To this day one of the most amazing world treasures I’ve seen with my own eyes. There’s much to discover in this world. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/flagship-project-activities/memory-of-the-world/register/full-list-of-registered-heritage/registered-heritage-page-2/codex-argenteus-the-silver-bible/ http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/f...
- anigbrowl 6y agoThis is just tourism. It's cool but not the same thing as exploration/discovery.