When we care about something, we say it “counts,” and indeed we count it. Every married couple can tell you exactly how many years they have been married. If you truly care about losing weight, you must count calories. Good examinations of conscience involve assigning numbers (how many times did I remember Mary today?), at least the binary pair, 1 = yes and 0 = no. We have it on good authority that the being who loves us the most keeps count of the number of hairs on our heads.