The Child Who Counted Stars Backwards
A Method for Discovering the Invisible
A curious child counted stars not from one upward, but from infinity downward. Others laughed, but she explained she wasn’t counting stars — she was counting possibilities. “Starting from everything,” she said, “makes you realize how much still remains.” Astronomers eventually adopted her method, finding new celestial patterns they’d long overlooked.
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