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I connected to the precise use of language here and to the different models as cues to different ways of thinking. There was a good amount of ambiguity in the initial question, Which One is Bigger? which leads to good thinking and different answers. This also made me think of the way data is manipulated, for example in the scaling of graphs.
Kudos to my Canadian brothers for using the presidential inaugural photos from Obama and the Orange man!!! Love it!! It is totally clear which crowd had more people!