The Owlish Folk

22. Escher Sentences


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In this owlet episode, Amanda and Dave talk about the interesting concept of Escher sentences, also known as "comparative illusions." Some examples talked about in the episode are:

 1. "More people have been to Russia than I have."

2.  "More people have been to Berlin than I have."

3.  "..More people have analyzed it than I have..."

4. "More phones have games on them than this one."

5.  "In Michigan and Minnesota, more people found Mr Bush's ads negative than they did Mr Kerry's."

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