“Resolutions like this and the ideological agenda they promote, are barnacles on our work here, and the reason this institution is losing its credibility,” the statement read.
If you want to hear “the map is more accurate” from someone, I can tell you that the map is more accurate, unless you want to navigate or fly over the oceans.
Every map is imperfect, but the usual map you see everywhere (Mercator) was made for seafaring, not land usage. The new projection they voted for is new, so they probably considered a different compromise of objectives, and it doesn’t take much to be better than Mercator.
Ask yourself why the entire world voted for it, except the usual regressive country.
If you want to hear “the map is more accurate” from someone
No I’m aware the map is more accurate, my argument was that this should be a map update not a social justice conquest, as if somehow this will make 1 bit of difference to this:
tbf
He’s not wrong
So promoting accuracy is a reason to loose credibility in your mind?
Accuracy isn’t the problem, if they’d come out and said we’re changing the map to be more accurate I would have been like, great!
But this whole, Africa needs justice for appearing smaller on a map, I cried tears of joy etcetc this is about social justice etc what a load of wank
If you want to hear “the map is more accurate” from someone, I can tell you that the map is more accurate, unless you want to navigate or fly over the oceans.
Every map is imperfect, but the usual map you see everywhere (Mercator) was made for seafaring, not land usage. The new projection they voted for is new, so they probably considered a different compromise of objectives, and it doesn’t take much to be better than Mercator.
Ask yourself why the entire world voted for it, except the usual regressive country.
No I’m aware the map is more accurate, my argument was that this should be a map update not a social justice conquest, as if somehow this will make 1 bit of difference to this:
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