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22. Oct 2018 16:59 by <a href="mailto:colin.smale@xs4all.nl" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">colin.smale@xs4all.nl</a>:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;">
<p>On 2018-10-22 16:34, Mateusz Konieczny wrote:</p>
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<p>I strongly disagree, we map reality.</p>
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<p>There is no one true reality, only perceptions. </p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>There is both a true reality and our biased interpretation of it. But it many</p><p>cases it is possible to select criteria, rules, categorizations where bias is small and</p><p>our interpretation align.</p><p><br /></p><p>But anyway that is a philosophical claim and that discussion is unlikely to lead anything useful.</p><p> <br /></p><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><p>Which reality takes precedence in your mind, may not be the same for everyone. Reality is subjective.</p>
<p>What is the test to apply to decide whether a point is included in country A or country B?</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>In case of Russian/Ukrainian border, as defined by on the ground line of control <br /></p><p>"is area controlled by Russian army or Ukrainian army" works quite well, better than <br /></p><p>"is this area claimed by Russia" or "is this area claimed by Ukraine"<br /></p><br /><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><p>In
the case of disputed borders, there are at least two realities (as
perceived by the parties to the dispute) and possibly a third reality as
perceived by a number of locals</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>There is one reality and multiple interpretations of it. It is preferable to map things so that</p><p>interpretations are not different between mappers.<br /></p> </body>
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