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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by trhfhxggf on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @03:38PM (#36423290)
> It usually goes something like “wow, Country X is actually smaller than Country Y. This distorts our worldview and makes us think things we shouldn’t have thought. That’s terrible.”

That's not less stupid than the other statement. It's like looking at your shadow at sunset and thinking, "Wow, I never realized I was 20 feet tall."

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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by AlecSchueler on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @03:45PM (#36423374)
> It's like looking at your shadow at sunset and thinking, "Wow, I never realized I was 20 feet tall."

Quite the opposite, no? It's like spending your whole life looking at only your evening shadow (Hello, Plato) and then seeing yourself in a good mirror and realising your actual height relative to the world around you for the first time.

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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by bluepod4 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @04:45PM (#36424175)
Exactly.
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