On Brains, Minds, And Their Possible Uses
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On (Not) Reading Papers. Audio version.
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On (Not) Reading Papers. Audio version.

TL;DR: Related to "scaling academia", thoughts on how to engage with academic papers. Examining the standard response to an overwhelming flood of new research papers. Introducing Argyle and Belka.
Jan Hendrik Kirchner
May 15, 2022
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On Brains, Minds, And Their Possible Uses
On (Not) Reading Papers
The emperor's new paper. In a recent lunch conversation, a colleague of mine explained her system for reading scientific papers. She calls the system tongue-in-cheek "not reading the paper". It goes as follows: Read the title and predict what the abstract will say. If you are correct, stop reading the paper…
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