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Ah but that's my point, turns out north is not a well-defined concept contrary to what I thought first. That quote is ambiguous and could be interpreted as "no
by throwaway290 3y ago
Ah but that's my point, turns out north is not a well-defined concept contrary to what I thought first.
That quote is ambiguous and could be interpreted as "north is where the up on the map is". And actually there seems to be no better definition (that eg. would stand the flip of axis). What are we arguing about again?
- midoridensha 3y agoNorth IS a well-defined concept. From the most ancient times, people knew where north was: it's 90 degrees left of east, and east is where the Sun rises. Go back in time 5000 years and ask anyone where North is, and they'll point you to it, long before any modern maps of the world were ever made. Wikipedia having one poorly-written line about it doesn't change tens of thousands of years of human history and knowledge about where north is. Wikipedia isn't even an authoritative reference on anything.
- throwaway290 3y agoGreat, so why do you link to it then?