How did babies count?

Have you ever wondered what is going on inside a tiny baby's head? Do they only know how to sleep, cry, and eat snacks, or are their brains already working super hard? For a long time, famous thinkers believed babies were born with a "blank slate"—like an empty computer with zero programs installed! But in 1992, a scientist named Karen Wynn at the University of Arizona decided to test this with a brilliant experiment. She created a tiny puppet stage with colorful toys to see if five-month-old babies could actually do math! But how do you give a math test to someone who can't even hold a pencil? With a sneaky magic trick! Using a hidden trap door, researchers secretly took a toy away. When the screen dropped, one plus one suddenly equaled one! The babies were so surprised that they stared for a super long time! Does this mean we are all born with a built-in math calculator in our brains, or were the babies just tracking their toys? Join Mira and Finn as we dive into this amazing mystery, discover ancient Roman pebbles, and find out if tiny babies are actually math geniuses!