I remember reading an advice piece on how to read scientific papers. The core of it was that you need to read them breadth first (i.e. skim many times, each tim

I remember reading an advice piece on how to read scientific papers. The core of it was that you need to read them breadth first (i.e. skim many times, each time trying to go deeper into the details.) What you have written explains why it is such a good piece of advice - if you read a paer depth first you'll get bogged in the details without a chance to get the whole picture.