“Learning to research out of desperate need is like learning to drive on the way to the hospital.”
Fully agreed as to the greater point but the flip side is that in real life, if the need is desperate, then entire chunks of this article can be skipped.
For example, if aliens will murder you if you don’t tell them the correct name of the ” Tiffany” in the CGP Grey poem, then you can blurt out “Theofania” and collapse into a heap in bed. No need to write anything
Similarly, if you are bleeding profusely from a stab wound, then it is probably sufficient to find the nearest competent emergency room and skip the step of quizzing a librarian.
Finally, so as to avoid creating too many strawmen, if you have an acute disease, then finding a few very reliable summary articles and convincing a doctor to help you implement the steps may have excellent odds of curing the disease. For example, there are many protocols for diseases.
“Learning to research out of desperate need is like learning to drive on the way to the hospital.”
Fully agreed as to the greater point but the flip side is that in real life, if the need is desperate, then entire chunks of this article can be skipped.
For example, if aliens will murder you if you don’t tell them the correct name of the ” Tiffany” in the CGP Grey poem, then you can blurt out “Theofania” and collapse into a heap in bed. No need to write anything
Similarly, if you are bleeding profusely from a stab wound, then it is probably sufficient to find the nearest competent emergency room and skip the step of quizzing a librarian.
Finally, so as to avoid creating too many strawmen, if you have an acute disease, then finding a few very reliable summary articles and convincing a doctor to help you implement the steps may have excellent odds of curing the disease. For example, there are many protocols for diseases.