Answer by Yiftach Barnea for The relevance of knowing "just facts"
The very short answer is yes. :-)For many people learning is not linear, you pick up facts and with time you fill in the gaps, especially if you use them. But sometimes not, for example, no one (more...
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When you are new to a research area, whether as a PhD student, a young postdoc or even a more experienced researcher, you have to absorb a lot of information. Of course you have to learn the math...
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Acquisition of knowledge progresses approximately the same for everyone:Encounter new subject, be completely ignorant.Study new subject, become less ignorant.After many years, become one of the least...
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One way you might overcome this issue is to work in a relatively new topic, where not many people are quite sure of what’s even going on, and not much has been figured out yet.But of course to tackle...
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I would suggest the following perspective: Your goal in research is to prove something new. Learning what other people have done is just a means toward that end. In particular:Obviously, a result isn't...
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