Our Greatest Delusion
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I'm not sure what I expected to find when I went to Chernobyl. I mean it's been so longsince the nuclear reactor there melted down and spewed radioactive atoms across the land.So for almost thirty years this place has been virtually abandoned. These days workersare allowed into the zone but only for two weeks at a time. And that's not because thelevels of radiation are too high, it's actually for psychological reasons. More than two weeksin a place like this will apparently make you think strange things. And I was only herefor four days but I started to think about rocks.Yeah... rocks.Rocks appear to be permanent. I mean I know that they aren't. Mountains are constantlyeroding and in places the crust is melting back intothe mantle....
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I'm not sure what I expected to find when I went to Chernobyl. I mean it's been so longsince the nuclear reactor there melted down and spewed radioactive atoms across the land.So for almost thirty years this place has been virtually abandoned. These days workersare allowed into the zone but only for two weeks at a time. And that's not because thelevels of radiation are too high, it's actually for psychological reasons. More than two weeksin a place like this will apparently make you think strange things. And I was only herefor four days but I started to think about rocks.Yeah... rocks.Rocks appear to be permanent. I mean I know that they aren't. Mountains are constantlyeroding and in places the crust is melting back intothe mantle....
