Once Mulla Nasreddin was asked how many stars there are in the sky. He replied:
— This question has interested me for a long time. But I think that it can only be solved if you yourself go up to the sky and count the stars.
However, there are two obstacles here. If I start this work during the day, I am afraid that a lot of things to do and crowds of onlookers will interfere with me. All that remains is to rise to the sky at night and start counting the stars. But this is also dangerous, because I don’t know if I can find candles or a lamp in the sky, and in the darkness of the night it is impossible to count the stars.
It is these two obstacles that prevent me from resolving the question of the number of stars in the sky.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru