There is a single light of science and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.
Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.
Even as a kid if I would come across something cool in the record store that would be how I found out about bands. It's kind of the same way these days. In a way even less because there are no record stores to go to anymore.