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Guess who (lemmy.world)
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[–] 4 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Everyone learns different definitions based on their education system’s world view, leading to a number of continents somewhere between 3 and 20. It turns out that nature doesn’t care for humans’ desire to put everything into neat, well-defined little boxes.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (6 children)

    20?!

    My own view is 4: Antarctica, Australia, America, Afro-eurasia. I'm not sure how you'd get to 3, unless you disqualified Australia.

    I've also heard 7: Antarctica, Australia, split North + South America, split Africa + Europe + Asia.

    I suppose you could add a few -- I've heard the phrase "subcontinent of India", so that could be an 8th continent. Then maybe Greenland for 9. Beyond that, though? IDK what would even make sense.

    BRB, I have to go search for expansive continent definitions.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

    You could discount Antarctica because without all the ice it’s just an archipelago.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Huh, I would think you'd drop Australia before Antarctica. Still, yeah, I suppose that works to get you down to 3.

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