The noticeable overlap around the southern tip of "Iceland" seems unpartnered? Or maybe just lost in the murky depths ... WFL On 11/7/14, meekerdb <meekerdb@verizon.net> wrote:

NEAT! See if you can figure it out before looking at Sean's blog.

Brent

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [New post] Purposeful Distortion Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 22:02:59 +0000 From: Sean Carroll <donotreply@wordpress.com> To: meekerdb@verizon.net

WordPress.com Sean Carroll posted: "Here is a map, slightly off-kilter but completely recognizable, by Gaicomo Faiella. Can you tell what is special/interesting about it? (Hat tip to Joe Polchinski, and following his lead I won't reveal the answer in this post -- but feel free to leave gues"

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Purposeful Distortion

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by Sean Carroll <http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/?author=4>

Here is a map <http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/594-mind-over-map-the-world-is-what-you-make-it>,

slightly off-kilter but completely recognizable, by Gaicomo Faiella. Can you tell what is special/interesting about it? (Hat tip to Joe Polchinski, and following his lead I won't reveal the answer in this post -- but feel free to leave guesses/spoilers in the comments.)

map-z <http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/594-mind-over-map-the-world-is-what-you-make-it>

*Sean Carroll <http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/?author=4>* | November 6, 2014 at 2:02 pm | Categories: Arts <http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/?taxonomy=category&term=arts>, World <http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/?taxonomy=category&term=world> | URL: http://wp.me/p2WMeM-3bx

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