Nobell prize winner says his goal was to build a device that could detect odd differences in the way gravitational waves were coming out of the cosmic background radiation. So you sw od on the shoulders of giants, or you looked over little people, whatever you want to say. But there's also a confirmation by is that when you see things that comport with the thing you're trying to pursue, you're going to be more likely to accep those and more likely to exclude disconfirming signs that you might be wrong.

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