The idea that scientists can see to make discoveries only because they stand on the shoulders of giants was popularized by Isaac Newton. Fittingly, he borrowed the idea from a significant figure who had gone before him, probably the twelfth-century French philosopher Bernard of Chartres. It’s a sound principle: build on previous efforts to seek and find truth. But a vast number of previous discoveries are now captured in an overwhelmingly large body of literature — so what is a modern truth-seeker to do?

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证据综合需要更大的动力。

艾萨克·牛顿（Isaac Newton）普及了科学家只能因为站在巨人的肩膀上才能发现发现的想法。恰如其分，他从一个在他之前走过的重要人物那里借来了这个想法，他大概是十二世纪的法国哲学家沙特尔的伯纳德。这是一个合理的原则：在先前的努力中寻求和发现真理。但是，现在，大量的先前发现被大量的文学作品所捕获，那么现代的寻求真理的人该怎么办？