{"id":13181,"date":"2021-05-24T09:29:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T17:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=13181"},"modified":"2021-05-28T01:52:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T09:52:49","slug":"how-to-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/24\/how-to-research\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Do Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the past several years, I\u2019ve been trying to get better at research. I\u2019m far from a master, but I’ve learned some strategies that have helped. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve done smaller research-driven essays, from looking into explore-exploit tradeoffs<\/a>, how aging affects learning<\/a> and whether speed reading works<\/a>. I\u2019ve also worked on longer efforts that had me reading quite a bit of material, like I did for my book<\/a> or my guide on motivation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Research is an essential part of thinking for yourself<\/a>. For if you can\u2019t find and understand other people\u2019s arguments, you tend to get stuck either with what your intuition tells you or with the opinion of just one person who managed to catch your attention.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m definitely not an expert researcher, but I thought I\u2019d like to share how I go about it, both to clarify my own thinking and to give some help to those who would like to know how to satisfy their curiosity, but aren\u2019t quite sure how to start.<\/p>\n

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