#coastline paradox
why is france called the hexagon when its abundantly clear that it’s a pentagon
what
mmm i guess i see it i was definitely seeing 1 and 2 as one side plus the left and right sides slope out more
yeah tbh i see how you can see 1 and 2 as one side
actually its a decagon
careful apollo might hear you
ok but if we r being really pedantic it’s a triacontakaipentagon (35 sides)
Tumblr accidentally rediscovers the coastline paradox
why is france called the hexagon when its abundantly clear that it’s a pentagon
what
mmm i guess i see it i was definitely seeing 1 and 2 as one side plus the left and right sides slope out more
yeah tbh i see how you can see 1 and 2 as one side
actually its a decagon
careful apollo might hear you
ok but if we r being really pedantic it’s a triacontakaipentagon (35 sides)
Tumblr accidentally rediscovers the coastline paradox
For anyone that didn’t feel like googling it, the coastline paradox is realizing that you can make the coastline as long or short as you want based on how detailed you want to be while measuring and mapping. This is exemplified in a simplistic way by the posts above.