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 I'm not sure what you mean by 'cosmetic intuition' but yeah sunspots equal sun damage. I never said melanomas are caused "only" by sun exposure, there are multiple factors involved like age, fair skin, family history, maybe even genetics. But excessive sun exposure DOES increase the risk of developing melanoma (although if you don't trust medicine and scientific studies that's another issue). Disconnection with nature causing skin cancer? LOL wtf? I guess people can hug trees all day long but that won't prevent them from getting sick. And I don't really get the comparison with other animal species because you can't compare our skin to an animal's covered in fur. So yeah the sun is essential for life on earth but humanity has evolved and realized that prolonged sun exposure is harmful,  I really don't see why it's insulting to the sun if we decide not to overexpose ourselves to it LOL. Like are we supposed to worship the sun or something?