Well, I’d suggest asking around your nearest toddler, that’s how I managed to borrow this one. 😀 Probably it has been inherited through several generations, that might explain it’s wisdom!

Let me preface this by clarifying that I don’t claim to have the one and only right explanation that everyone should accept, I’d just like to point out that this theory also exists: https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/a/43799

Yepp, “Lateral with Tom Scott, Episode 58: Straight-line sports” in case anyone’s looking for it. https://lateralcast.com/