Extrapolation and Interpolation

To imagine big, first think small. Then do small, to achieve big.

Approx. 800 words; four minutes read time

A few months back, I wrote a story on the potential for alien first contact. I cited several astronomical figures, including the universe's size, the number of galaxies and stars, and the number of habitable Earth-like planets. These are huge numbers; no one has seen, let alone counted, all of these. Instead, ast…