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Re:The world map that reboots your brain by rob_c on Saturday August 20, 2022 @02:06PM (#32533988)
Until the "joke" of the flat earth got way out of hand and you realise that the internet is great at everything aside from context and this is something that isn't taught. Although I remember a professor screwing with us and changing a proof on Wikipedia to catch people out one term...
Re:The world map that reboots your brain by epgui on Saturday August 20, 2022 @03:06PM (#32534406)
That’s a shameful act of vandalism on the part of the professor… :(
Re:The world map that reboots your brain by rob_c on Sunday August 21, 2022 @07:26AM (#32539132)
Not sure I'd agree. It was very public, very much reverted and very much a demonstration of the context of the internet. Not to mention a very easily verifiable proof, if people picked up the textbooks and noticed the subtle mistake.
Re:The world map that reboots your brain by epgui on Sunday August 21, 2022 @11:34AM (#32541172)
He literally defaced a public good, and this cost the intervention of more sensible adults. A small cost, but still.