> Academic papers can take hours, if not weeks to discover if it's complete BS Did you see this recent thread? It is a paper on how to read papers and it was v

> Academic papers can take hours, if not weeks to discover if it's complete BS Did you see this recent thread? It is a paper on how to read papers and it was very useful and insightful for me. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21979350 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21979350 From the linked pdf: "Researchers must read papers for several reasons: to review them for a conference or a class, to keep current in their field, or for a literature survey of a new field. A typical researcher will likely spend hundreds of hours every year reading papers. Learning to efficiently read a paper is a critical but rarely taught skill. Beginning graduate students, therefore, must learn on their own using trial and error. Students waste much effort in the process and are frequently driven to frustration. For many years I have used a simple ‘three-pass’ approach to prevent me from drowning in the details of a paper before getting a bird’s-eye-view. It allows me to estimate the amount of time required to review a set of papers. Moreover, I can adjust the depth of paper evaluation depending on my needs and how much time I have. This paper describes the approach and its use in doing a literature survey."