wtf do you mean the mercator protection inflates the size of things further away from the equator
HOW BIG IS ALASKA
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you can't just go around fucking with my intuitions like that man!!!
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China fits inside Africa wtf!!!
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this is like the time I learned about organs
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having a real "the map is not the territory" moment here guys
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I'm furious
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help which map do i show my children when they want to know what countries are but aren't quite ready for "different map projections exist"
what is the best map
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talking about the relationship between globes and 2d maps is actually the perfect opportunity to talk about gaussian curvature
(gaussian curvature is the reason you can’t flatten out a globe, you can demonstrate this with like an orange peel)
never too early 💪
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the aggravating thing is that I had all of the pieces already, including the orange peel example
I just didn't
quite
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*how* distorted it could be
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this is like the time i heard how out of tune equal tempered thirds are
these abstract conceptual betrayals man
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I kind of love it honestly
when the topic doesn't feel emotionally high stakes, there's something really delicious about the feeling of having been wrong in this manner
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Here is one that fucked me up:
You can't stack tetrahedrons to fill 3d space without gaps.
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that is one I can't internalize, no matter how often I have it reaffirmed - harmony as a kludged illusion is kinda destabilizing
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i'm still a little mad about it
like real music was stolen from me and nobody even had the courtesy to tell me 😤
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