"The universe is chaotic and meaningless. If Billy Sparks can win a science fair with a rock, then there is no objective truth."
The judges move on, unimpressed.
Sheldon arrives with a complex model of a particle accelerator made from a CRT television, copper wire, and a vacuum cleaner motor. He sets it up next to a boy named (guest star), whose project is "Which Paper Towel is Strongest?" (Bounty vs. generic). young sheldon s02e14 1080p web-dl
(to camera, breaking the fourth wall in the signature Young Sheldon style) "It tasted like chocolate and failure. But I did learn something valuable: sometimes, the smartest person in the room loses. It happened to Socrates. It happened to Alan Turing. And in 1989, it happened to me—at the First Baptist Church of Medford's Annual Science Fair. I've kept the rock Billy used. For blackmail purposes." "The universe is chaotic and meaningless
He then picks up a Yoo-hoo from a case that Missy left on his bed. He stares at it. He takes a sip. He makes a face. He sets it up next to a boy
(smug) "Bounty is the quicker picker-upper."
Suddenly, (Wyatt McClure), the Cooper's beefy, not-bright neighbor, storms in late. He carries a model of a slingshot and a painted rock. His project title: "David and Goliath: A Study in Kinetic Energy."