Apparently Newton used to copy a lot?

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After finding his papers, researchers found out that he wrote more than 10 million words and that he would also sit around making many personal copies of other people's work.
>https://www.wired.com/2014/05/newton-papers-q-and-a/.
Is rewriting a good study method /sci/? Wasn't he supposed to be a genius?