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Denominator, go Mercator (mander.xyz)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 11 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Why is the difference only extremely pronounced in the northern hemisphere? If I understand the math behind the projection correctly, the equator should be true scale, and things should vary more the further north AND south you go.

This image shows the extreme southern latitudes to be almost equal to their true area. Is the image wrong, or am I misunderstanding something about the projection?

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    huh. so flat earthers were right all along.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    so they've gone full circle (or should I say sphere) and we really inhabit a sphere, just not the sphere the sheeple believe in? that's amazing

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    And the sphere is specifically large enough so that the curvature is too small to measure. Except every experiment that they've done to prove the Earth is flat just ends up proving that it's a sphere (or close enough) of the size we're taught in school.

    All flat Earthers are fucking stupid

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