If you are setting out to work in a new field you should thoroughly research that field. Right?
Wrong!
The traditional view is that you should read all that you can in order to get the base of existing knowledge and then move forward from this.
There is a flaw in this argument and it is a flaw in the scientific method.
We do not just get knowledge, we get knowledge packaged up as concepts and perceptions.
Credit: Edward de Bono
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