I think there is a base level of knowledge and a higher level of hunch/intuition type thinking that can lead someone to make leaps and lead them to discover som

I think there is a base level of knowledge and a higher level of hunch/intuition type thinking that can lead someone to make leaps and lead them to discover something that others might not. I don't think this is that, but I feel its an important part of what makes us progress in science.