QuoteA good scientist, regardless if they want to be a rebel, will always use experimental data from others. IMHO Tesla was one of the greatest scientists in all history.Tesla was pretty amazing, well worth reading up on, although a lot of what's written about him sounds like science fiction (e.g. The Philadelphia Project.)
QuoteEven Tesla regarded the experimental data from other scientists as priceless. Without that data / information / knowledge one would have to completely start over from scratch."We see beyond because we stand on the shoulders of giants" and all that.