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I'd like to present a fourth option, the "0-pass": Don't read most papers. Don't feel bad about not reading them, because in general they are terribly written
by rectang 10y ago
I'd like to present a fourth option, the "0-pass":
Don't read most papers. Don't feel bad about not reading them, because in general they are terribly written.
Instead, read follow-on work which resynthesizes the ideas in these papers for a popular audience.
- DonbunEf7 10y agoYou have chosen the path of the laity.
- Kepler-239b 10y agoAgreed. Most research papers are a headache to read, even in a field you are familiar with. The full list of reasons is here: http://www.wikipaper.org/p/Why_So_Difficult http://www.wikipaper.org/p/Why_So_Difficult The site above ^^ has not launched yet, but should help alleviate the problem.
- a3n 10y agoThe site has launched far enough to attract spammers. It looks like you've got some cleaning and monitoring to do: http://www.wikipaper.org/p/Special:AllPages http://www.wikipaper.org/p/Special:AllPages Bookmarked your site, looks interesting for this non-academic.
- CPUstring 10y agoOne of the key questions after the first pass is "is this well-written enough to keep reading?"