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Re:You've Probably Read Enough by eric-hu on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @06:03PM (#3326622)
To add onto this: when you do benefit from pre-researching sufficiently, you may think it was necessary only for that situation.

We only need to wear seatbelts on the days we'll get into an accident, right?

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Re:You've Probably Read Enough by hn_reader on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @09:06PM (#3327209)
I have this fear literally every time I start on a new problem: am I re-inventing the wheel? Has this problem been solved already - maybe written about and discussed at length about in some paper/textbook/blog I haven't read? The more I learn the more I realize I don't know, which seems only increases my anxiety level. So that's one reason I can't stop reading this stuff.
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