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RE: New To Steemit, Who To Follow?
All of the information a scientist has to work with is some empirical data and previous discoveries; insights from other scientists's work (past or present). It's all just collaborative work and building on our existing knowledge base. We then accumulate "new" insights into our repositories. Any one person's contribution is mostly insignificant compared to what we already know! But when all of that adds up through collaborative effort, what we have is truly glorious.
Also, "being able to acquire knowledge no one has" is not exclusive to scientists, like i said, they have some data and prior insights to work with, but these days, most of it is made public online in places like arxiv :)
What previous discovery led into the discovery of the controlled fire? the wheel? bow and arrows? Astronomy?
They may not have worn a white overall. But they were scientists in their time.
Several scientific discoveries were found by accident, yes, explainable by previous studies but they didn't rely on them to be found.
It is true that "data pooling" is the essence of humankind, nobody, ever, will be able to know everything. Yet, we can do try to know as much as possible!