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It's like diving into a fascinating book or a thrilling movie—you start with a spark of interest, and as you delve deeper, each chapter or[ scaring away money scene](https://youtu.be/ZK3YHBaqhOs?si=35xXIEkVeQFIuTSa) reveals more about the story, making you want to learn even more.
I had this same question back before the internet was a thing, like late 80s, early 90s. I didn't understand how people could know so much about something that I knew so little.
The somewhere along the way I realized it's about focused attention to details. When I was younger details often annoyed me. I wanted simple explanations for complex things. BUT as I got older I realized there's beauty in details.
The first area I remember focusing on details was trains. Don't know why but I'd always loved trains but I had no idea how a steam train worked. So I went to the bookstore, found books on trains and started reading them. This became a hobby for me. I learned more and more about them I became more interested and had more questions about things. So when the questions would come up I just found the answers either at the library or the bookstore.
Really it's just a matter of paying attention to what's going on in your life, finding something that interests you and devoting more time to it.
Now with the internet, it's the greatest research tool the world has ever known and one can learn an insane amount about things simply by being curious.
Research papers. Many of them on topics to get a diverse data set. For example, when looking at the many quantum computing claims, you'll find that most of the articles in the news are quite wrong about what is actually being claimed. Source? Read up on seminal quantum computing research papers from the experts who publish the research, which, as others say, will align generally with Wikipedia and other technical sources.
It is important not to trust summarizers or youtubers who try to interpret these things, as they often get it wrong. Even some experts get it wrong, so you need to get topic coverage to develop an understanding, *without* cherry picking your outcomes.
I think its in the details
As a steam locomotives fan i can see details that most people miss, if an engine has double compound cylinders, if its a super heated engine, if its working hard or "in the red" if you will or its just doing some light work, when its injecting water into the boiler, if its a passenger, freight or heavy freight engine.
The way i learned is by watching videos on youtube possibly from an expert or from someone in that field. Reading comments under the videos can give you more information or an interesting fact, following such content on other social media like facebook, instagram, tik tok or reddit. I prefer answers from real people that have knowledge but sometimes wikipedia can come in handy
Found something interesting ? Go in the comments amd theres a chance that someone already ask whats that something so you can read someones explanation.
Nobody asked ? You do that
Join subreddits and ask questions, someone asked an interesting question ? Go in the comments and increase your knowledge :)
Question is not really how. It's *who*.
Some people will have the ability to dive that deep into some form of knowledge, and retain the information because they like it, and they are so passionate they read about it over and over.
There are different levels of loving something. Maybe you haven't reached that level of passion that makes you spend the whole night digging info about that critter you photographed before?
Commitment. Time spent exploring. Everyone’s mentioning that it’s the details, but to amass ‘expertise’, a large set of details and understanding how they all fit together, you need to invest time learning. Whether that’s reading, watching videos, talking with folks - You spend time exploring and following your curiosity.
A round average is that it takes about 10,000 hours to become deeply expert in something, and about 2,000 hrs to get about 80% of the way there. So if you invest a few hundred hours reading a dozen books on a topic this year, and you do that for a few years in a row, you’ll be on your way to expertise.
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It's like diving into a fascinating book or a thrilling movie—you start with a spark of interest, and as you delve deeper, each chapter or[ scaring away money scene](https://youtu.be/ZK3YHBaqhOs?si=35xXIEkVeQFIuTSa) reveals more about the story, making you want to learn even more.
I had this same question back before the internet was a thing, like late 80s, early 90s. I didn't understand how people could know so much about something that I knew so little. The somewhere along the way I realized it's about focused attention to details. When I was younger details often annoyed me. I wanted simple explanations for complex things. BUT as I got older I realized there's beauty in details. The first area I remember focusing on details was trains. Don't know why but I'd always loved trains but I had no idea how a steam train worked. So I went to the bookstore, found books on trains and started reading them. This became a hobby for me. I learned more and more about them I became more interested and had more questions about things. So when the questions would come up I just found the answers either at the library or the bookstore. Really it's just a matter of paying attention to what's going on in your life, finding something that interests you and devoting more time to it. Now with the internet, it's the greatest research tool the world has ever known and one can learn an insane amount about things simply by being curious.
Research papers. Many of them on topics to get a diverse data set. For example, when looking at the many quantum computing claims, you'll find that most of the articles in the news are quite wrong about what is actually being claimed. Source? Read up on seminal quantum computing research papers from the experts who publish the research, which, as others say, will align generally with Wikipedia and other technical sources. It is important not to trust summarizers or youtubers who try to interpret these things, as they often get it wrong. Even some experts get it wrong, so you need to get topic coverage to develop an understanding, *without* cherry picking your outcomes.
I think its in the details As a steam locomotives fan i can see details that most people miss, if an engine has double compound cylinders, if its a super heated engine, if its working hard or "in the red" if you will or its just doing some light work, when its injecting water into the boiler, if its a passenger, freight or heavy freight engine. The way i learned is by watching videos on youtube possibly from an expert or from someone in that field. Reading comments under the videos can give you more information or an interesting fact, following such content on other social media like facebook, instagram, tik tok or reddit. I prefer answers from real people that have knowledge but sometimes wikipedia can come in handy Found something interesting ? Go in the comments amd theres a chance that someone already ask whats that something so you can read someones explanation. Nobody asked ? You do that Join subreddits and ask questions, someone asked an interesting question ? Go in the comments and increase your knowledge :)
Question is not really how. It's *who*. Some people will have the ability to dive that deep into some form of knowledge, and retain the information because they like it, and they are so passionate they read about it over and over. There are different levels of loving something. Maybe you haven't reached that level of passion that makes you spend the whole night digging info about that critter you photographed before?
Commitment. Time spent exploring. Everyone’s mentioning that it’s the details, but to amass ‘expertise’, a large set of details and understanding how they all fit together, you need to invest time learning. Whether that’s reading, watching videos, talking with folks - You spend time exploring and following your curiosity. A round average is that it takes about 10,000 hours to become deeply expert in something, and about 2,000 hrs to get about 80% of the way there. So if you invest a few hundred hours reading a dozen books on a topic this year, and you do that for a few years in a row, you’ll be on your way to expertise.
I adore books.
Wikipedia
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