I love the counterintuitive...

...as the "intuitive" is, more often than not, just what we've been conditioned to think.

So is this right? Wrong? Who knows... But swimming against the mainstream delights me.

Science changes at a rapid rate... Doctors used to endorse cigarettes on TV. Low fat diet is good for you. No, now it's low carb. No, now something else. And not to engage Godwin's Law too quickly, science in Nazi Germany endorsed eugenics and racial purity. Hell, science in America did the same thing at that time.

Science is a methodology, not a belief system, and all too often, science reflects the biases of the society in which they exist. Nothing exists without context.

For me, personally, even with the freckles from a youth at Onslow Beach, the whole "sunscreen" bit never rang entirely true, for me. I mean... it's the sun. All the crap pumped in to our bodies volitionally, the sun is the least of my worries.

The Sunscreen Myth: How Sunscreen Products Actually Promote Cancer:

"...sunscreen actually promotes cancer by blocking your body's absorption of ultraviolet radiation, and therefore blocking the production of vitamin D in your skin.

Studies have shown that vitamin D can prevent as many as 77 of all cancers. In addition, most sunscreen lotions also contain cancer-causing chemicals.

A portion of the profits from the sale of these lotions is then donated to organizations such as the American Cancer Society, which in turn runs public service ads encouraging the use of sunscreens.

Proper nutrition is a better way to prevent sunburn then sunscreen lotion. Berries and microalgae such as spirulina, astaxanthin, and blue-green algae can make the body naturally resistant to sunburn, as well as similar radiation damage to the eyes and optic nerve."