A pair of researchers in China find that "about half of the students can objectively analyze and reason about the literature when they read the literature in terms of the cognitive skills (analysis, reasoning and evaluation), and one third of them can hardly classify the literature and compare the literature on the same topic" (I wonder what the results of the same survey would be in other countries; I would imagine it's similar). They argue that "students should not be superstitious about authority. Even papers published in authoritative journals or papers by well-known scholars may have deficiencies." This is good advice for everyone.
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