> You’re not an expert in your field, otherwise you wouldn’t be publishing in a blog, but writing papers and giving interviews. This is a thought I had before

> You’re not an expert in your field, otherwise you wouldn’t be publishing in a blog, but writing papers and giving interviews. This is a thought I had before I read many papers. After getting over my fear of reading papers (mostly) and actually starting to read them I've realized their quality varies greatly. Taking a step back from the glamour of academia. The random blog without ads is written out of love. The published paper is written as part of a job, and probably to meet externally imposed deadlines (and there might be some love in the paper too). Judge for yourself which you want to read. Sometimes, as a beginner I want a beginners perspective. We imagine that we only gain through study, but we lose our fresh perspective, and no amount of study can restore that fresh perspective, which does have some merit.