Why is it that when someone tells you that there are over a billion stars in the universe, you believe them?

Question

but when someone says theres wet paint, you have to touch it just to make sure.

Answer 1

Well wet paint dries so it may have been wet at one time and it might not be wet now.

As for the stars, there are around 400 billion stars in our galaxy alone with around other 400 billion galaxies containing roughly 100 to 400 billion stars each. This can be proven with gravity calculations and various other methods.

Answer 2

because there are over a billion people on the planet and every man and woman is a star.
and the paint gets touched because without experience, you know nothing about what state the paint is in.

Answer 3

Cause it takes a long time to count to a billion and just a second to get paint on your fingers.

Answer 4

Hmmmmm, if I tell you that there are over a billion molecules in a human body will you grab the next person you see and start counting?

Answer 5

there's over a trillion stars! we can see them through a telescope if we want. We can believe it because its true.
And if someone says there's wet paint. You just cant help seeing if its still wet. Its just curiosity.

Answer 6

You can't touch the stars. You can touch the paint.

Answer 7

ha ha thats funny, or why is it that you can be walking up to lets say a store and all these people are standing outside and you know that the store is closed but you will with out hesitation try to open the door thinking that you will be the only one who can do it.

Answer 8

thats a good question.. maybe its because theres no way of telling how many stars there are?

Answer 9

it's weird, but, true.. lol

Answer 10

well...it looked dry.