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World map from China, first time I see this projection (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd ask for some of whatever you're smoking that makes you say all of this in response to a map, but I need to be able to drive a car today and I don't want a DUI.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

What makes you think I smoked anything?
Why couldn't it be... edibles? :-P
And don't get me started on the topologies and symmetries of fields in quantum mechanics!

But seriously, I enjoy letting the mind take me for a nice long ride, using an artifact to trace connections to other things throughout history, and in this case it's the math of maps, their topologies.

Also trying a little to get into the mindset of the era when some of these things were being cooked up and explored, shift perspective as best I can, from where and when I am. It's incomplete, but it's still fun. I probably got this type of "pinball narrative" from James Burke and his old history shows Connections and The Day The Earth Changed.