No Paper Is That Good
> If you want me to read the vast literature, cite me two papers that are exemplars of that literature. I will read them. If these two papers are full of mistakes and bad reasoning, I will feel free to skip the rest of the vast literature. Because if that’s the best you can do, I’ve seen enough.<p>This is one of worst ideas I've ever read. Wouldn't you just be cheating yourself?<p>How is tying your own learning to someone else's ability to find the best papers in any way a smart thing to do? It would be much better to doubt the person who gave you the papers (perhaps he miscalculated which two papers were the best), than to dismiss the entire field.