Lumifer comments on A Challenge: Maps We Take For Granted - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 29 May 2015 02:49:24PM 1 point [-]

get a boat and discover Australia.

...and end up like Captain Cook...

Comment author: Salemicus 29 May 2015 03:58:05PM 1 point [-]

Captain Cook did fine in Australia. It was Hawaii that got him.

Comment author: Lumifer 29 May 2015 04:01:43PM 1 point [-]

I know -- but it's a general hazard of going off to discover places populated by people with... different cultural norms X-)