Eli5: If there’s infinite stars, why isn’t our night sky completely lit up?

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As the title says, if there’s infinite stars, wouldn’t the light from all of them have reached us and made our night sky become completely white from the number of stars there are? Is there just not enough stars in proximity to earth for all the light to reach us in time to see?

I’m sure there’s a simple answer, but it’s 1am here and my brain can’t figure it out.

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becouse with a naked eye you can see a very small portion of stars that are “nearby” with naked eye we see less then 1% of our own galaxy.

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