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A common mistake of beginners is the desire to <\/span>understand\u00a0everything completely right away. In <\/span>real life understanding comes\u00a0gradually, as one becomes accustomed to the new ideas. One of\u00a0the difficulties of scientific research is that it is <\/span>impossible to make\u00a0progress without clear understanding, yet this understanding can\u00a0come only from the work itself; every completed piece of research\u00a0represents a victory over this contradiction.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0This quote\u00a0comes from the preface of one of my favorite books \"Qualitative Methods in Quantum Theory\"<\/a>\u00a0 by a great practitioner of theoretical physics Arkady Migdal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A common mistake of beginners is the desire to understand\u00a0everything completely right away. In real life understanding comes\u00a0gradually, as one becomes accustomed to the new ideas. 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