AstraSequi comments on Worth remembering (when comparing ‘the US’ to ‘Europe’) - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Curiousguy 13 April 2013 08:35PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (25)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: AstraSequi 15 April 2013 09:37:11AM *  1 point [-]

The Equator passes through South America, actually. I think that there is a perception of the world's land area being divided in two by the Equator, but most of the world's land area is in the Northern Hemisphere (about 2/3, more if you don't count Antarctica).

Edit: My apologies (see next comment).

Comment author: Curiousguy 15 April 2013 03:02:14PM 1 point [-]

"The Equator passes through South America" - I know that. Ecuador's named Ecuador for a reason. My point was that people get both of these (Africa/Europe & North/South America) wrong.

If you'd read the last link in my post above you'd not have posted the comment you just did.