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Strength in numbers. In theory, it makes sense—if applied to the right situations.

It’s an advantage if you’re running for office or going to war. In fact, the number of scenarios in which more is preferable to less likely outweighs the reverse by quite the margin.

There are, however, exceptions. For instance, in sports less is better in golf and figuring team scores in powerlifting. And, if defense is your thing, then the lower numbers the better in any sport.

The subject of the numbers game we’re dealing with today has been broached in this space before, ...