> The real downside I've seen is that so much valuable information is in academic papers that aren't approachable. They become more approachable the longer you

> The real downside I've seen is that so much valuable information is in academic papers that aren't approachable. They become more approachable the longer you spend reading papers, but overall I definitely agree with you. Lots of papers just assume too much of the reader, which means you've gotta read like six other papers to find out what's really going on in this one.