"One of my favorite metaphors for cognitive metaphors is map projection. A sphere can't be projected onto the plane without distortion, so map projections trade accuracy in some dimension of interest (area, shape, bearing, direction, distance) for inaccuracies in the others."
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"One of my favorite metaphors for cognitive metaphors is map projection. A sphere can't be projected onto the plane without distortion, so map projections trade accuracy in some dimension of interest (area, shape, bearing, direction, distance) for inaccuracies in the others."