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To put it another way, I think you are much more likely to absorb powerful ways of thinking while being entertained if you read https://what-if.xkcd.com/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/ than if you read http://phys.org http://phys.org What If shows by example that you can apply quantitative reasoning to the most outlandish situations and actually draw interesting distinctions and conclusions. Phys.org style reporting urges you to accept by argument from authority that the universe is mostly made of dark energy, and gravity is made out of particles traveling backwards in time through 11 dimensions or whatever it was I read last month I can't quite remember. These ideas come from actual serious research, but they aren't powerful when presented this way because you can't apply this style of reasoning successfully unless you have tons and tons of training working in the specific areas they report on.