PS 06. How to read scientific papers and generate ideas

Some people read a paper word by word, from the beginning to the end. When they finish a paper and fail to understand it, they read the whole paper again, and again, until they finally get it. I call this 'passive reading', which is inefficient and boring. A more effective way of reading and understanding a paper is to read 'with questions in mind'. I call this 'active reading'. In this talk I will discuss the advantages of active reading, as well as how to generate new ideas using a 'three-ring binder system'.