In an earlier post I made a statement to the effect of.. Although I had NOT done any research, I was certain that EVERY genius.. at some point in their career.. possessed a set of shiny metal balls. Well now that I have done some research, I can tell you that those balls are called "collision balls" but the entire apparatus.. (i.e the balls, string, and frame, etc.) is better known as "Newton's Cradle". I'm just gonna assume that the "Newton" they refer to is, Sir Isaac Newton.. Which is confirmation of my original statement.. That EVERY genius has owned a set.
Not convinced?? You soon will be, my skeptical friend.. You soon will be!
Allow me to introduce my next piece of evidence. The title of this post is a Jim Carrey quote from one of the Ace Ventura movies.. Now, while it might be widely held that the quote refers to the visibility of the tribesman's testicles.. I believe that it was a different set of "balls" that Ace was referring to. I believe that "out-of-frame" and "off-camera" the tribesman had a set of collision balls rhythmically clicking back and forth. The tribesman, who is OBVIOUSLY the village genius probably felt that the repeated "click-click.. click-click" of the balls is what gives him the ability to solve all of the tribes most puzzling problems.. I mean.. questions like, "Where does the Sun go at night?" and "Where do babies come from?" are probably "no problem" for this tribal scholar and his balls.
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