This excuses having different maps in the sense that my map may be very blurry in the areas in which I don’t work. On the other hand, I don’t think it at all excuses incompatible maps.
It doesn’t excuse them, but it does explain them—since each still has the default, evolved/social map in the unexplored areas. And they will have until the new knowledge penetrates enough to become the newer default, at least among academics.
This excuses having different maps in the sense that my map may be very blurry in the areas in which I don’t work. On the other hand, I don’t think it at all excuses incompatible maps.
It doesn’t excuse them, but it does explain them—since each still has the default, evolved/social map in the unexplored areas. And they will have until the new knowledge penetrates enough to become the newer default, at least among academics.