Sons, sometimes a good meal, some good music and the fine elixirs of life have helped connect dots for the smartest of souls.
I highly suspect if Newton discovered gravity just because the apple fell. I like to imagine him sipping a martini, gently swinging on a hammock, musing to himself. The apple fell, and he took a gentle swig of the martini, raised his eyebrow ever so slightly and said -“aahhaa, would you be gravity?”