The term "counterbalance" has been employed in literature to denote both literal and metaphorical forms of equilibrium, serving as a device to articulate how one element may neutralize or complement another. For instance, in James Joyce’s Ulysses, it is used to weigh the credibility of judgment against experimental verification [1], while Thomas Jefferson even applied it in describing the construction of chains, emphasizing structural balance [2], [3]. In romantic and philosophical contexts—as seen in Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe and Rousseau’s Emile—the word evokes the interplay of personal qualities or fortunes, suggesting that no singular attribute or misfortune exists in isolation but is offset by another [4], [5], [6]. Its versatility is further highlighted in works by Suetonius, Locke, and Thoreau, where it contours discussions of disadvantage, uneasiness, and even mechanical friction, and by poets and thinkers like Robert Burns and Immanuel Kant, who relate it to counteracting life’s inherent miseries [7], [8], [9], [10]. Even in more modern and scientific contexts, such as in H. G. Wells’ depiction of weight and oxygen on Martians, the term reinforces its enduring capacity to capture the delicate interplay of opposing forces [11].