“Like the vine which, though the most distinguished of all trees, yet needs the support of canes or stake or other trees which bear no fruit, the powerful and the learned need the help of lesser men.” From History of the logo of the Elsevier Publishing Company
To me, reading about something that I know nothing about has never been the actual start of learning process. In order to transform a reading process to a learning experience, my mind must have gone through a confusing state beforehand. Then reading about appropriate and relevant studies by other thinkers could help to convert my confusion to knowledge.
I read articles in order to
- frame the previous ambiguous thoughts that I had in mind into clear questions,
- find the answer of others to the questions that I had framed myself,
- learn about the new terms that have the capacity of covering broader set of concepts,
- learn and memorize more extensive and articulate explanations of the concepts that I already know,
- know the confusions of other people.
What else could be fulfilled by reading?
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