passive_fist comments on Improving Enjoyment and Retention Reading Technical Literature - Less Wrong

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Comment author: passive_fist 07 August 2013 10:23:56PM 2 points [-]

I have found that, at least for myself, once I spend a lot of time studying something (at least 3 months) in depth, it automatically becomes interesting. The key is only to push myself to get past that initial 'inertial' barrier in my mind.