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simonjgreen
on Jan 8, 2017
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Mathematicians bring ocean to life for Disney's 'M...
They used wayfinding by reading what was around them, rather than dead reckoning.
theoh
on Jan 8, 2017
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You're right. "Polynesian Dead Reckoning" doesn't appear to be a thing at all. Maybe the GP was referring to the "cold reading"-like ingenuity of their navigational techniques.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_navigation
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