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by InSteady 1097 days ago
No one claimed people do this. You have created a straw man-ception. Our awareness of the world is informed by distorted maps, even if it only impacts us subconsciously.
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kortilla 1097 days ago
No it’s not. Nobody cares about Greenland despite it being larger than all of Europe on the projection.
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darkwater 1097 days ago
Well I actually used to think - before being educated about map constraints and the Mercator projection - that "Wow Greenland is HUGE".
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kortilla 1096 days ago
How old were you when you learned that though? I thought the same thing until we were shown why it’s misleading in like the 4th grade.
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