Sure, old ink and smudged margins can be as disruptive as a bad experiment. Those hidden notes were probably more than mere doodles—tiny rebellions against the status quo, nudging Galileo to tweak his telescope or even to keep the draft hidden from the Inquisition. Think of them as the science world's version of secret memos that turn a discovery from a whisper into a shout. But hey, if you want to dive in, bring the coffee, I’ll keep the hypotheses coming.