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Yes, but sometimes research is just safe procrastination and more can be learned, more quickly, by jumping into the unknown and trying to figure it out.
by zarkov99 7y ago
Yes, but sometimes research is just safe procrastination and more can be learned, more quickly, by jumping into the unknown and trying to figure it out.
- tictoc 7y agoHow does one differentiate between the two? The mind is very sneaky is it not?
- zarkov99 7y agoIndeed. I theorize that the best approach is a hybrid: jump in, figure out, write something, but step back periodically and read what is out there. True understanding comes from the interplay of these two activities.
- ColanR 7y agoFirst figure out what you need to know, and stop planning /researching when you know it.
- marcosdumay 7y agoThat's the question all those people should be focusing on. Because it's obvious that both stances are correct, yet here we are, discussing an article that pushes one extreme like if it was a natural truth.
- mannykannot 7y agoIf the fact that something could be done badly is a reason for not doing it, nothing would be done - that's the ultimate procrastination.