Regarding the final paragraph, “you need some level of expertise yourself before you can distinguish real experts from fake”: that has been the number one reason I didn’t beat johnswentworth to the punch and post first with my experience.
I have learned more about biochemistry in the last three months than in my entire prior life combined. It has taken me three months of research, asking questions, and conferring with experts to get sufficient confidence in my understanding to commit to the project.
I’m incredibly thankful to you (johnswentworth) for posting this article; it tracks almost perfectly with my understanding, and I have no significant model conflicts with any of your observations. It raises my confidence in both my understanding, and the project, substantially.
I’d be very interested in a post on what you learned! I relied mostly on general bio background from undergrad, it sounds like you probably went into more depth in areas specifically relevant to this.
Regarding the final paragraph, “you need some level of expertise yourself before you can distinguish real experts from fake”: that has been the number one reason I didn’t beat johnswentworth to the punch and post first with my experience.
I have learned more about biochemistry in the last three months than in my entire prior life combined. It has taken me three months of research, asking questions, and conferring with experts to get sufficient confidence in my understanding to commit to the project.
I’m incredibly thankful to you (johnswentworth) for posting this article; it tracks almost perfectly with my understanding, and I have no significant model conflicts with any of your observations. It raises my confidence in both my understanding, and the project, substantially.
I’d be very interested in a post on what you learned! I relied mostly on general bio background from undergrad, it sounds like you probably went into more depth in areas specifically relevant to this.