Why Is Documenting Your Physics Research Essential?

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The discussion centers on how individuals document new knowledge in physics. Some participants actively share their learnings on personal blogs, emphasizing the value of public engagement and personal reflection. One contributor highlights a unique approach by creating clay models to represent new ideas, showcasing a creative method of retention. Others express a lack of motivation to document their insights, indicating that not everyone feels the need to record their learning experiences. The conversation reveals a spectrum of practices regarding knowledge retention and sharing in the field of physics.
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When you learn something new in physics do you add it to some website or book on your computer? If so why? If not why not?
 
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I don't, I don't really have any reason to bother with it.
 
Yes. Whenever I learn something new, I post it to my PF blog.
 
Whenever I come up with a great, new idea I build a clay model avatar of it and fire it in a Kiln. I have a whole collection in the basement. Lesser insights I typically just write down in my Trapper Keeper...:redface:
 

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