• grue@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Nah, exactly 50% “of the world” is closer to Georgia than Georgia because the dividing line forms two perfect hemispheres. It just doesn’t seem like it because more of the world’s land area is closer to Georgia.

    The fact that the map fails to color in the oceans doesn’t help, of course.

    • Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Well no, Georgia is bigger than Georgia so slightly more of the world is closer to Georgia than Georgia. If we were to shrink both Georgia and Georgia, the two regions would approach perfect hemispheres as Georgia and Georgia both approach a single point.