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Comment on YSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projection

I’ll split this into two:

only matters to stupid people

People who are interested in geography, geometry, cartography, political science, geopolitics, culture, cognitive biases, ethnocentrism… generally not a low IQ cohort.

and does not qualify as something “I should know”

Ironically this might be true, just not for reasons that are flattering to you…

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teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

People who are interested in geography, geometry, cartography, political science, geopolitics, culture, cognitive biases, ethnocentrism

I maintain that none of those people are the ones interested in this movement, and if you believe they are, you haven’t spent any time thinking about it. Again, I’m looking for any actual legitimate argument in support of it. A condescending argument from hypothetical authority isn’t going to cut it.

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