As the saying goes, if you haven't eaten pork, haven't you at least seen a pig run? Before transmigrating, Li Si Te was not a scientific researcher but just an ordinary office worker.
However, he had some understanding of scientific experiments and knew that data collection was a very important part of the experimental process for scientists. Moreover, it was necessary to establish a reference system and compare information time and again, in order to produce valuable results, such as Mendel's pea plant experiments.
The laws of nature have always been there; the difference lies in whether or not you can discover them.
Although the magicians of the Legendary Continent were all intelligent, they lacked good experimental habits; coupled with the secrecy of their inheritance, they preferred to conduct their secret little experiments. Without systematic operational schemes, detailed experimental records, or even reproducibility, their methods were unstructured.