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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 subcon
by InSteady 3y 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.
- kortilla 3y agoNo it’s not. Nobody cares about Greenland despite it being larger than all of Europe on the projection.
- fifafifi 3y ago[flagged]
- kortilla 3y ago> Greenland is not Africa. I don’t think you are getting what I’m saying. Greenland is larger than countries we spend far more time obsessing over with history lessons. Importance in education and subsequently people’s mental models is not at all driven by size on the projection. It’s a dumb theory not backed by any real research.
- ithkuil 3y ago> if you want to learn. Consider saying "If you want to learn more about it". Saying only "if you want to learn" is condescending and patronizing and is a thing those imperialists living in the northern hemisphere do.
- darkwater 3y agoWell I actually used to think - before being educated about map constraints and the Mercator projection - that "Wow Greenland is HUGE".
- kortilla 3y agoHow 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.