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All models are wrong…

All models are wrong, but some are useful.

George Box

 The map is not the territory

Alfred Korzybski
“A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.” — Alfred Korzybski

Gall–Peters projection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall–Peters_projection

The Treachery of Images: René Magritte, 1929
https://www.maptown.com/Upside_Down_World_Map_Large_p/odt6.htm

South-up map orientation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South-up_map_orientation