โDo Your Own Researchโ
There has been considerable push-back against โdoing your own researchโ recently, and Iโm not entirely happy with that. Iโm aware, of course, that the phrase โdo your own researchโ tends to be used by and/or associated with rather delusional people who believe that watching a Youtube video or googling something counts as โresearchโ, but pushing back too hard (or in the wrong way) against such silliness risks ending up with the other extreme: elitism and counterproductive conformism. There are (at least) two aspects of โdoing your own researchโ and the push-back that are worth paying closer attention to. One has...