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I really don't think we are using the same logic, but if people want to argue that Europe and Africa are not physically connected by land, then I'm going to sta

I really don't think we are using the same logic, but if people want to argue that Europe and Africa are not physically connected by land, then I'm going to start claiming that England and Scotland aren't either, given the distance between Carlisle and Newcastle is less than from Port Said to Suez.

klez 7y ago
Oh wait, for some reason I was under the impression that the Bering Strait would still dry up or freeze during some parts of the year allowing to reach America going east without taking a boat or a plane. My bad. But even taking this into account, I'm not sure I understand your latest comment (the one I'm replying to right now). EDIT: ok, after reading your comment for the umpteenth time I understood. I just have to admit I'm very bad at geography. EDIT 2: So I'm being downvoted for admitting I was wrong?
- inflatableDodo 7y ago
  I hope I got you to look at a map. Maps are great. As a prize for admitting how bad you are at geography, here's a political map in Waterman's butterfly projection. - https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/waterman-butterfly/full.png https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/waterman-butterfly/full.png
  - klez 7y ago
    Well that's... different :) For a moment I thought it was one of those map which for some reason don't include NZ, then I noticed it's actually on the top left. As far as I understand, different projections are more "correct" ways of laying out the globe on a plane, so while I have your attention I'd like to ask what advantage does this has over other projections?
    - inflatableDodo 7y ago
      There are no correct projections, only different use cases. Waterman's butterfly is very low distortion, conversely on a Mercator, paths of constant bearing come out as straight lines, as it was developed for shipping.
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I really don't think we are using the same logic, but if people want to argue that Europe and Africa are not physically connected by land, then I'm going to sta

by inflatableDodo 7y ago

klez 7y ago
Oh wait, for some reason I was under the impression that the Bering Strait would still dry up or freeze during some parts of the year allowing to reach America going east without taking a boat or a plane. My bad. But even taking this into account, I'm not sure I understand your latest comment (the one I'm replying to right now). EDIT: ok, after reading your comment for the umpteenth time I understood. I just have to admit I'm very bad at geography. EDIT 2: So I'm being downvoted for admitting I was wrong?
- inflatableDodo 7y ago
  I hope I got you to look at a map. Maps are great. As a prize for admitting how bad you are at geography, here's a political map in Waterman's butterfly projection. - https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/waterman-butterfly/full.png https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/waterman-butterfly/full.png
  - klez 7y ago
    Well that's... different :) For a moment I thought it was one of those map which for some reason don't include NZ, then I noticed it's actually on the top left. As far as I understand, different projections are more "correct" ways of laying out the globe on a plane, so while I have your attention I'd like to ask what advantage does this has over other projections?
    - inflatableDodo 7y ago
      There are no correct projections, only different use cases. Waterman's butterfly is very low distortion, conversely on a Mercator, paths of constant bearing come out as straight lines, as it was developed for shipping.
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