The part that grandparent is overlooking is that while luminosity decreases as to the square of the distance, the number of stars in a given angular diameter of

The part that grandparent is overlooking is that while luminosity decreases as to the square of the distance, the number of stars in a given angular diameter of space increases as to the square of the distance. The two effects cancel each other out and so Olbers Paradox can't be resolved by that method.