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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Why is it impossible to have a correct 2D map of the earth?

Thanks for the answers, the orange example did help :)
gpt
Because a sphere has non-zero intrinsic curvature and the plane has zero intrinsic curvature. You can't isometrically (preserve angles and distances) move from one to the other because isometries preserve curvature.